Chapter 19
“Haa, haa.”
The man before her had red, bloodshot eyes and was breathing shallowly. She wasn’t even touching him, but she could feel his intense heat. Was this man really Lionel? Riv hesitated.
“Lionel? Duke of Sentoren?”
Riv couldn’t get closer to him and stared at him.
“Duke…… Your grace?”
Lionel’s face was strangely feverish.
Not only Lionel’s face, but his whole body felt like a ball of fire. He struggled and breathed heavily.
Why was he in this state when just a few hours ago, he was fine, standing next to Princess Marianne?
‘Did Princess Marianne play a prank on him?’
It was her that Marianne hated. So why did she do this to her fiancé, the Duke of Sentoren?
‘Why would Marianne, who hated me who was involved in a scandal with the Duke, do this?’
Riv couldn’t understand Marianne’s actions.
Meanwhile, the Duke’s condition seemed to be getting worse. She needed to quickly diagnose him.
‘Is it drugs? Or poison? What happened to you?’
Riv looked around, thinking about going outside and asking for help.
The door was locked from the outside and the handle seemed to be firmly secured. The two large windows in the room were also nailed shut from the inside, so she couldn’t get out. It was impossible to remove them with her strength alone. Riv was imprisoned with the Duke of Centoren.
“Haa.”
‘Now what?’
Riv tried to open the door again, but became exhausted and returned to the Duke of Sentoren’s side.
The Duke’s condition still looked dire.
“Duke, can you hear me?”
Duke Sentoren’s body was hotter than before. It seemed like his body was on fire.
The Duke of Sentoren would not have taken poison or drugs himself.
What if Marianne did this to weave the Duke and Riv into a scandal?
What if the Duke was attacked because of it?
“Oh. My. God.”
Wasn’t the Marquis of Quill involved in illegal drug distribution?
Marianne was strangely envious of Riv. She even thought that Riv wanted to take the Duke of Sentorren for herself.
However, she did not want to see the Duke of Sentoren, who was caught in Marianne’s trap, hurt.
“Marianne, Marianne!”
Screaming Marianne’s name and Riv tore her wig off.
“Why is this happening again, why?”
Riv wished to survive. She did not know that such a wish would endanger the life of the Duke of Sentoren. No. All of this was due to Marianne’s greed.
Although he had told her he chose Riv over Marianne.
‘Was he harmed because of his connection with me?’
Before her return, she had never met this man.
She never would have thought that this guy would ever be hurt this way, even if he got entangled with her. This man was innocent. Riv looked at the deteriorating Duke of Sentoren. She couldn’t let him die like this.
‘This man has no relationship with me. He was not destined to die with me.’
She was struggling because her own lifespan was short. But what about this man?
“Duke Sentoren.”
Riv called for him, but he didn’t respond.
She touched Lionel’s forehead.
“It’s hot.”
Riv lightly slapped him on the cheek to wake him up.
“Wake up, Lionel.”
As he struggled with the intense heat, he opened his eyes. His hazy amber eyes seemed to focus, though faintly.
“I, why am I here?”
He spoke in a low voice.
Riv put her lamp next to him and asked.
“Do you know who I am?”
“Katana.”
Lionel nodded his head with all his might, and Riv was relieved. But she didn’t know when he would lose consciousness again.
“I think the Duke was dr*gged. Who gave it to you?”
“I, I.”
“Tell me.”
Lionel’s lips spit out the names of Marianne and Quill faintly.
Riv was stunned to hear the name of the Marquis Quill.
It exceeded her expectations.
Even if Marianne hated Riv and was outraged by her scandal with the Duke, this prank was too much.
The problem was she attracted the Marquis of Quill from the very start.
‘It’s natural that Marquis Quill wanted to kill the Duke of Sentoren. He wants to be the princess’ new fiancé.”
Whatever they did, it wasn’t good for Lionel and Riv. Lionel’s condition was also getting worse.
“Hey, Duke, get it together.”
Lionel who barely regained consciousness, came to his senses.
Riv hurriedly picked up the lamp and scanned the room.
She found a kettle with water. She took a sip to confirm it was pure water.
Riv carefully poured the water in Lionel’s mouth. The tiny amount was not enough to satisfy his thirst.
Riv removed the jacket, vest and tie from Lionel’s body.
Despite this, as time passed, his fever grew.
“Haa.”
Lionel’s life might be in jeopardy if left unattended.
Riv drew out all of her common sense and thought.
The Marquis Quill was said to sell powerful drugs to the palace.
‘Did he intend to make the scandal real? To involve the Duke with me and break the engagement with Marianne?’
There was only one solution.
‘This is just to help cure him.’
She had tried to seduce the Duke anyway. She was only using her body as a means of surviving.
‘So it’s okay.’
Riv removed her Madame Katana disguise and threw it away, leaving her only in a thin dress.
A cold wind blew over her skin.
It was a closed room, but the air was cool. Riv shivered then woke him up.
“Lionel.”
Lionel immediately opened his eyes.
His blazing eyes stared intently at Riv’s body.
The Duke in front of her became a beast.
Duke Lionel attacked Riv.
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“Ahh!”
She realized she couldn’t stop nor control him.
Lionel got more excited as he sniffed her scent.
Riv Katana, the woman he desired.
His woman. Only his.
“L-Lionel!C-calm down!”
‘My goddess, my Venus.’
Lionel fiercely hugged her body.
Riv’s eyes turned white.
‘What kind of relationship is this?’
There was no use counting the number of times.
The pleasure was too deep. At this rate, she felt like she was going crazy from the pleasure.
Even the initial excruciating pain turned into pleasure, then into extreme ecst*sy.
Riv’s whole body seemed to melt like sugar. She had no idea that pleasure could be so deep.
“P-Please stop.”
“I like you.”
Was Lionel really looking at Reeve?
Was he projecting another woman onto her? It felt like he was.
His body heated up. Then Riv’s body, which was in contact with his, also heated up.
“Uhh!”
Only a moan escaped from Riv’s lips as she trembled. Her whole body was ruled by Lionel.
Riv was swaying wildly in Lionel’sarms, as if she had become a feeble girl.
The night was not yet over.
Riv cried that night and fainted a couple of times along the way.
‘It hurts.’
She didn’t know how many hours they spent together.
Lionel’s lust ebbed and flowed.
“Haa, please stop.”
Her whole body throbbed. Riv felt like the joints of her body were going to break as she was constantly held by him. Giving any part of her body strength was difficult.
Riv lost her virginity to Lionel. She had no regrets. On the contrary, she was grateful that he was the first one.
It would be better if he didn’t die because of this event. Even if he came to his senses and thought that maybe this night was nothing more than a terrible accident.
“Are you still in pain?”
Riv stared at Lionel intently.
It was a long night. And neither of them died.
However, his condition still looked dire.
“Lionel?”
Riv barely gathered her strength and got up.
Any attempt to cover her n*ked body was abandoned.
“Sigh.”
Suddenly, Riv looked at the necklace hanging from her neck.
Despite the intense relationship with Lionel, she was relieved that the cord did not break.
The Duke’s heirloom, which had previously transformed into a pendant, returned to a ruby ring.
‘Why?’
The ring changed on its own? Riv noticed that the ruby stone in the ring shone faintly.
This ring belonged to the Sentoren family.
She noticed the ring’s intention.
‘You want to cure Lionel.’
Riv felt she knew how to use the magic in the ring.
Lionel’s breathing was rough, even though his desires had been vented. He opened his eyes, but she doubted whether he was really awake.
“I know what to do.”
“……”
‘Thank you for being my first’
Riv struggled to swallow the words.
“Lionel, close your eyes.”
Riv closed Lionel’s eyes and grabbed the ring. The Sentoren ring wanted to save the Sentoren bloodline. Riv made a wish through the ring
‘Please save this man. Like when you saved me and brought me back to life.’
She died and returned to the past, but Lionel didn’t have to do something as difficult as that. He was still alive and all she had to do was heal him.
The ruby stone in the ring burned red.
The healing magic was activated.
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