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Chapter 24
Then he let out a low chuckle, as if amused by her cuteness, and took off his own pants. He grabbed her small hand and slipped it inside his briefs.
Blushing, Bada fidgeted helplessly, moving her hand awkwardly.
River moved their intertwined hands.
Letting out a low moan, he twisted her hair and kissed her roughly.
His large body pressed her repeatedly toward the glass window. When her back, retreating instinctively, touched the cold glass, he grabbed her waist and spun her around.
For a moment, her flushed skin pressed against the chilled window. The stimulation made shivers of pleasure race through her chest.
He buried his face in her neck, as if checking the state of his prey, inhaling deeply.
Enchanted by her sweet scent, he unconsciously bared his teeth and lightly nipped the spot where her carotid artery ran.
“Huh… hot.”
Feeling a strange mix of fear and pleasure, Bada’s lower body twitched.
It was like the behavior of a predator toying with its prey before taking a bite.
As he pressed his massive body against her, her round chest was flattened against the glass like dough.
“Ah… River.”
Bada moaned, feeling heat surge through her body.
“Ah… Ri… River.”
Due to their height difference, her tiptoed legs trembled violently. With such intense movements, she felt as if her body might collapse at any moment.
When he licked her back with his sticky tongue, Bada shivered all over.
He smiled with satisfaction and held her even closer.
“Ah… Bada?”
“…Hnn, yes.”
“Should we just get married?”
“…What are you suddenly saying?”
Though playful, there was an underlying tone of sincerity.
He kept mentioning marriage, gave her a ring—he wasn’t a frivolous man. Why did he keep saying things like that?
“It’s so rare to meet someone who fits this well. I don’t think it’s just coincidence.”
“….”
“Have you ever felt this good with someone else?”
Shaken uncontrollably, Bada had no energy to answer. She could only groan.
Not hearing the answer he wanted, River furrowed his brows. As if punishing her, he lightly swatted her butt.
“Answer me.”
“Ah… no.”
“Good girl.”
“….”
“Promise me you’ll do this with me and only me from now on.”
“Hmm… only with you…”
“Say it fully.”
“I… hmm… only with you.”
He gently stroked her hair and slid his fingers between her lips.
His tongue entered her ear, his thick fingers exploring her mouth.
It was an unrestrained, almost beastly gesture, as if he wanted to imprint himself completely on her.
Bada licked his fingers, saliva dribbling down her mouth.
Her vision blurred, fireworks exploding in her mind.
“Ah… hhn… I can’t take it.”
“Don’t hold back.”
At the climax, he grabbed her chin, forcing her mouth open, and thrust his tongue in aggressively.
Her lips were engulfed, mingled with slick saliva. His eyes burned with sharp obsession.
As they kissed, River muttered repeatedly as if chanting an incantation.
Only after the frenzy of passion subsided could Bada hear what he whispered clearly:
“All mine, all mine, all mine.”
Bada, who had fallen asleep as if fainting, woke with a start to the sound of the waves.
Fortunately, moonlight streaming through the window illuminated River’s broad back.
“Phew.”
Even with him right there, she felt a strange unease.
River usually fell asleep holding her. But tonight, for some reason, he was lying on his side, back turned.
It felt as if, should she reach out, he might vanish like a mirage beyond the moonlight.
‘…Why do I feel so anxious?’
After watching him quietly for a while, Bada cautiously reached out and traced the curves of his muscular back.
Hesitating, she raised her index finger and drew a capital “I” across his back as if it were stationery.
Then she paused, lost in thought.
Was a month enough time to fall in love?
Was it possible she was mistaking the thrill of being on a trip for true love?
Maybe it was.
But no one else had ever stirred so many emotions in her.
It was as if he had cast a spell, making her reveal her heart and smile freely.
His kisses made all the ones she had shared before seem like child’s play.
Above all, he made her afraid.
The thought that she would eventually have to part from him made her throat tighten and her breath catch.
Even knowing he wasn’t hers, she craved him all the more.
If this paradise could last forever, she felt she would willingly sell her soul to the devil.
‘You know? Even when you’re beside me, I sometimes dream of you at night.’
Bada closed her eyes and opened them slowly.
‘You said you like me. But I…’
She moved her fingers again, writing the rest of the message on his back:
LOVE YOU.
No words could convey such deep emotion better than that.
She withdrew her hand slowly after giving this secret confession.
She placed a small bird-like kiss on his shoulder and hugged his waist.
“Good night.”
Closing her eyes, her consciousness faded, and her body grew languid.
River, in turn, slowly opened the eyes he had closed.
For someone just awakened, his gaze was unusually sharp.
He turned toward her, quietly watching her sleeping face in the moonlight.
A faint smile touched his lips, then vanished.
‘You know? Knowing you’re here makes me happy… and terrified at the same time.’
He twisted her hair around his index finger, fidgeting with it.
With each passing day, his feelings for Bada grew deeper.
Did she know how overwhelming those feelings sometimes were, making it hard to breathe?
It was the first time she had felt such intense emotion for someone—not as a crown prince, but as an ordinary man experiencing love.
Perhaps she had been searching her whole life for this feeling—the miracle of being loved as she truly was.
‘Someone lost in a maze doesn’t even know they’re trapped. Before meeting you, I feel like I was wandering through a maze.’
It felt as if she had finally found light at the end of a dark labyrinth—but with that came fear.
‘What expression would you have if you knew I’m a crown prince?’
He hadn’t set out to deceive her from the start.
Even after ten years, it was still remarkable. She didn’t recognize him, which was frustrating and amusing at the same time. So he had waited, wondering when she would notice.
Yet lies only begot more lies, and he began to grow fearful himself.
