***
Chester smirked and burst into laughter at what I said, and briefly kissed my cheek.
“I won’t eat you up, Yulia.”
“You just tried to eat me.”
“It’s a misunderstanding.”
“No…”
But if I didn’t block him, he must have tried to eat me.
He couldn’t say anything more because I said no.
His eyes were still staring at me and were full of greed.
His face is also frighteningly handsome, and above all, Chester was not wearing a top.
I didn’t know where to put my eyes, so I turned my eyes in the opposite direction.
I changed the subject.
“Chester! So where are we?”
“Hmm, you asked me quite late.”
No, you didn’t give me time to ask!
He comforted me as soon as I woke up and asked if he could kiss me!
And he kissed me passionately!
Of course, I liked it too.
Wait, this is not important.
“So where are we?”
“It’s a cave.”
“Oh, yes. I know that! I know that this is inside the cave!”
“You’re too cold so I moved us here first. I thought we had to dry our clothes for now.”
“…….”
“The carriage disappeared, so I’ll find it when the sun comes up.”
“What?”
Does that mean I have to spend a day here with the most dangerous wolf-like man in the world?
Of course, I didn’t worry that a mountain animal would attack me, but Chester is a beast.
Rather, I thought that mountain animals might be safer.
Without realizing it, I must have looked at him suspiciously.
“Yulia. I’ll keep that in mind so that it doesn’t happen.”
“How could you know what I was thinking?”
“Hmm… for example.”
Chester swept my thigh with a subtle touch.
“Something like this?”
He smiled faintly.
Now I know that Chester is teasing me.
My face was burning with shame.
“Chester!”
“Okay. I won’t do what you don’t like, so you can relax. Yulia.”
“……”
“I mean it. Please believe me this time.”
He was very suspicious, but I had no choice but to believe it.
And now I don’t hate Chester as much as I used to.
My dream was a bit chaotic, but a dream and reality would be different.
Yulia of the original and me will be different.
The original story has already been changed to some extent. So I don’t have to worry.
There was nothing to be anxious about, but I looked down and stared at the ring on my left ring finger.
“Yulia. It’s a little late, but how’s the ring?”
“What?”
Chester’s arm wrapped around my waist and his face touched my shoulder, so I was surprised.
“I hope you like it.”
“Ah… I really like it.”
“That’s a relief.”
I sneakily looked at his face which was touching his shoulder.
The smiling face is very handsome.
His handsome face wasn’t just ordinary.
His face was so good that even the heart of a person who had no feelings would tremble.
I fiddled my hand with the ring in it.
“Chester. Have we really never seen each other before?”
“…Unfortunately, we haven’t. So erase him from your head.”
He stared persistently at me with a look of disapproval, but with affectionate eyes.
Does Chester think I’m projecting someone from the past to him?
“Forget about that person. And only think about me, Yulia.”
“……”
“I don’t need you to say that you love me with your mouth.”
His hand stroked my cheek and touched my lower lip with his thumb.
“But if you don’t love me, don’t love anyone else.”
“Why?”
“Do you think there’s a man who will stay sane if a woman they love says she loves another man?”
“First, I’m a very jealous person. Furthermore, killing a person is nothing to me.”
Chester was smiling affectionately, contrary to his eerie words.
In a way, he looked like a boy who’s innocent.
“I’m kidding.”
“… It seemed true.”
“And I never intend to break up my marriage. Yulia.”
“… I keep my word.”
“Of course.”
“Don’t betray me.”
I hoped that the word ‘I love you’ was not a lie.
It’s okay if you didn’t love me from the first time you saw me.
It’s okay as long as all the words you said you loved me are not lies.
Even if you fall in love late, if you still love me now, it’s okay no matter what.
The timing was not important, but his sincerity.
“I mean it. So there’s nothing to disappoint you about.”
“……Chester.”
“Yes.”
Why does that remind me of the words he uttered with a cold smile? When he said that he doesn’t love me.
Why did it keep bothering me?
“……I’ll trust you.”
Please, I hope your heart is sincere.
“Promise me this.”
“What?”
“Promise me. Unless you love me, let’s break up the marriage.”
“There will be no reason for us to break up unless I die. So you can relax.”
I blinked at his words.
Soon, a smile spread around my mouth.
I held Chester’s hand tightly. The warmth felt in my hands was good. I was relieved because it was not a low body temperature but a high body temperature.
“Yulia. From the moment I saw you for the first time until now.”
He took my hand to his mouth.
“There’s not a moment when I don’t love you. Don’t doubt my sincerity, Yulia.”
“For a single moment,”
Chester kissed me on the back of my hand.
No, he stared at me with a slight smile, putting his lips on the back of my hand.
His gaze and my gaze were intertwined.
“Is there a moment when you don’t love me?”
There was a time when neither my dad nor my brother loved me.
Yet, there is no moment when he didn’t love me, who is a complete stranger and not blood related?
It’s suspicious, but it was such a sweet whisper that I wanted to believe it as it is.
“No. Even when I was in the war zone, you were the only one in my head.”
“Was it really full of me?”
“I wanted to see you as soon as possible.”
I moved and settled right next to Chester.
Then I leaned my head on his shoulder. His hand stroked my head. I didn’t hate the touch. No, it was rather good.
“I want to have an engagement ceremony as soon as I go back, Yulia.”
“Okay. We’ll get engaged when we get back.”
When I felt comfortable, my eyes closed as I fell asleep.
***
Yulia was asleep with his shoulder as a pillow.
Chester carefully moved Yulia’s head and put it on his lap.
He thought that it would be more comfortable to lie down and fall asleep.
“Yulia.”
He slowly moved the hair attached to her face with a careful touch and brushed it over behind her ears.
Yulia, who fell asleep without any worries, did not have wings, but he felt like she was an angel.
“What should I do to get my hands on you?”
He carefully held the silver hair.
His red eyes clearly contained greed.
Chester was craving something.
“One step closer, two steps away, you’re really tricky.”
Chester kissed the silver hair in his hand.
It was a very careful kiss.
As if a person suffering from a terrible thirst soothed their cracked mouth with a sip of water.
“I thought she was in my grasp, but if she sees a very small gap, she’ll get out. How can I hold onto you?”
Yulia tossed and turned as if something was uncomfortable.
There was a deep smile around his mouth.
And his eyes looking at her were like an alluring devil who coveted a pure soul.
“If I break your wings and cover your eyes and ears, won’t I live without the anxiety of not knowing when you’ll leave my side?”
There was a loud noise outside.
However, Chester just stayed still as he had already expected it.
He slowly waited for people’s footsteps and voices to get closer, while touching Yulia’s hair lying on his lap.
“Your Excellency!”
“Shh, don’t wake her up.”
He ordered them to lower the volume.
Even his voice was very small in case she woke up.
“I’ll take the princess myself. Bring a big blanket.”
“Yes!”
“And prepare an accommodation at the nearest town’s best location. Permanent residency is also fine.”
When the order was issued, they moved in order, bringing the blanket first and handing it over to Chester.
He wrapped Yulia’s body in a blanket and hugged her carefully.
He chose a horse rather than a carriage to move quickly.
After wearing the top he was handed over, he rode the horse, holding Yulia in his arms.
Chester raised the corners of his mouth as she fell asleep unprotected in her arms.
“Yulia, I’ll be happy to wear a sheep mask if you want.”
Unlike the corner of his mouth, his eyes were cold.
The affection that existed when Yulia was awake disappeared, and only his blood-coloured eyes were seen.