About Becoming My Ex-Husband's Mistress - Chapter 126

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Chapter 126. Tight and Heavy
“Ah.”
A fleeting gasp escaped me as warmth pressed into my mouth.
If he hadn’t steadied my waist, I would have toppled backward from the depth of that kiss—instead, I found myself reflexively gripping his collar.
My eyes closed before thought could catch up.
“Hah…”
Our lips parted with a heated breath between us.
When I covered my lips with my hand, Luderne traced his thumb gently across his own mouth.
“You vanished after sending just one letter. I’ve been wanting to do that since earlier.”
Then he glanced toward the white horse.
“How does this feel? The two of us together?”
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The horse whinnied softly.
Its hooves clopped gently against the Forest Path as we walked.
Our bodies swayed in rhythm with its leisurely pace.
We rode together on the horse’s back, heading toward the place the Chief Administrator had mentioned.
It was a rather spontaneous decision, made in response to Luderne’s suggestion to check what the nightscape looked like at the location the Chief Administrator had recommended as a tourist destination.
A single lamp hung near the horse’s neck, barely illuminating the Forest Path in the darkness.
Listening to the chirping of crickets and the hooting of owls, I suddenly understood why I’d agreed to his proposal so readily, and let out a quiet, self-deprecating laugh.
‘The two of us going to see the nightscape together.’
It felt like a date invitation.
Yet I had said I no longer needed anything now that I would have my revenge.
That declaration of “no longer needed” had encompassed his love, his acknowledgment, and even breaking the curse—all things I’d already abandoned.
I thought my anger had burned away every lingering attachment.
Of course, Luderne’s proposal was merely a pretext, not a genuine date invitation. He made no attempt to conceal the intense desire that seemed to covet me regardless of location.
Held naturally in his embrace from behind as he gripped the reins, I glanced back cautiously.
I could see a bag loaded near the horse’s hindquarters.
He’d said it contained camping supplies sufficient for roughly a day.
If I continued following him like this, what would happen next was painfully obvious. There would be no one around. In a place where no one could find us, he would covet me.
As he always did—without restraint when holding me.
‘Wait… but it’s outdoors?’
The moment the thought crossed my mind, a dense sensation rippled through my lower abdomen.
Knowing it was anticipation rather than the curse’s influence, my face flushed hot, and I tapped both my cheeks lightly. I was grateful he sat behind me and couldn’t see my expression.
Whether from the horse’s swaying or from indecent thoughts flooding my mind, my heart began to race.
I carefully surveyed my surroundings.
When would a nightscape beautiful enough to take my breath away appear? Where could it be?
That was when it happened.
Luderne whispered close behind me.
“It’s darker than I expected. Farther than I thought.”
His voice, grown slightly husky, brushed against my ear, and soon his lips traced my nape like a brand.
My heart felt like it stopped. In an open place, on horseback, kissing the nape of my neck.
It was neither the time nor the place I’d anticipated.
Whether it was the cool night air, the alcohol clouding my judgment, or the anticipation I’d been harboring catching up with me so quickly, I couldn’t say.
His lips felt unusually warm and pleasant, so I tilted my head gently and offered him my neck.
His lips soon moved up beneath my ear.
Then, as his lips touched my cheek and my head turned toward him, our lips met.
As always, his lips were sweet enough to make my heart tingle.
My eyes closed of their own accord.
“Mm, ah….”
The moment our lips parted, a small moan escaped me, while ragged breathing came from Luderne Sellen.
Our eyes met.
In the dim lamplight, his face was obscured, but the intensity of desire burning in his eyes was unmistakable.
Luderne Sellen’s Adam’s apple bobbed heavily as he looked at me.
He halted the horse briefly, then steadied my waist with both hands.
“Turn around.”
Turn around on horseback? Had the alcohol stripped away his reason?
I stared at him intently.
He didn’t avoid my gaze. He didn’t even appear drunk.
As I gazed into those deep, crimson eyes for a long moment, I began to wonder if perhaps I was the one who’d had too much to drink.
Because in that gaze, I sensed something beyond mere desire—I sensed love.
Perhaps….
‘Love? Does he… love me?’
Or was I simply mistaken, imagining love where there was only the desire to take a lover, deceived by the unique atmosphere of the forest night?
Though it seemed more likely that I was deceiving myself, I obediently turned around as Luderne Sellen requested.
Yes. It was a mistake.
If it were love, he wouldn’t have pretended not to know me from the beginning.
‘But if it were love that had stained his heart through long physical intimacy….’
Then it wouldn’t matter where this happened. I could endure it even on horseback.
The more it felt like love, the more I wanted him to hold me with unbridled passion.
The arm pulling my waist tightened with force, and his lips, twisted at an angle, descended once more.
His lips, slowly interlocked with mine, drew me in, and I gasped, opening my mouth repeatedly.
I’d only wondered for a moment, but his kiss felt all the sweeter for it.
Luderne Sellen caressed my head, face, and neck, pressing his lips against me again and again, until finally he exhaled a long sigh.
“I don’t know if I’m in my right mind anymore… I’m losing it. I can’t hold back any longer.”
He set the horse in motion as he spoke.
And he gripped my waist even more firmly with one hand.
Just as I felt his hand climbing higher with increasing urgency.
Rip!
The sound of fabric tearing came from the front of my shirt.
I opened my eyes wide in shock.
I had thought love could flourish anywhere, but the reality unfolding before me felt decidedly different.
Heedless of my hesitation, he buried his lips against my neck.
“Ah, wait, Your Majesty, right now….”
He began unfastening buttons and knots with eager fingers that moved without restraint.
As my collar loosened, he drew my upper garment down.
Though my upper body lay partially exposed, he pressed his face against me so quickly that my hands flailed uselessly in the air, unable even to cover my revealed chest.
“Mmm….”
When he licked a sensitive spot on my chest in one swift motion and then took it into his mouth, a short gasp escaped me.
As my body trembled from the stimulation, Luderne Sellen drew in a sharp breath.
“Ah…. Now I feel alive.”
“What?”
He spoke with his lips still pressed against my skin.
“There’s so much I haven’t said. Everything I did was because I hated seeing you in danger….”
My heart sank.
It felt like a confession.
I waited for what he would say next. But Luderne Sellen remained still for a moment before gently biting my neck.
And in that position, he gave me an instruction.
“Hold my shoulders or my head. Don’t let go.”
My hands reflexively settled on his broad shoulders. At that, he seemed to release all restraint, beginning to bite, suck, and lick my chest with fervent intensity.
Each movement of his tongue sent waves of sensation through me, my body trembling involuntarily. Heat flooded through me and my breathing grew ragged.
It felt wonderful, but I grew embarrassed.
“Your Majesty! In this state, it’s a bit….”
Luderne Sellen pulled me closer by the waist.
“What’s wrong with this state?”
“We’re on horseback, and it’s outdoors….”
“There’s no one but us, and I don’t mind anywhere. And it seems you don’t either.”
“If a wild beast suddenly appears…. Ah!”
Even as I spoke, Luderne Sellen didn’t cease his caresses. A moan escaped me, and I quickly covered my mouth with my hand.
“I’ve cleared the entire perimeter. We’re safe for now. And I quite like the heat rising from you. Your body seems to enjoy this too. Is it because the setting is different?”
His words struck at the heart of the matter, only deepening my embarrassment.
“But… we can’t do this while riding. At this pace, I don’t know when we’ll arrive….”
“You want my body so badly that you want to reach our destination faster and do this properly? Then arriving at our destination comes first, doesn’t it?”
I nodded, covering my burning face with both hands.
“Yes.”
Luderne Sellen pulled me tight against him. Then he urged the horse forward.
The horse began to gallop.
As his hand supporting my back tensed, the sensation settling on my chest like a brand grew more intense.
Even as the horse swayed beneath us, the way he continuously kissed me was maddening in its pleasure.
When the kiss ended, I couldn’t contain the breath that came in waves from the stimulation, burying my face against his neck.
I wished I could blame it on a curse instead, at least then I’d have an excuse.
I wanted to blame it on the alcohol from earlier, but I hadn’t been drunk enough to excuse myself, which only made me angrier at myself.
How long had we ridden? The horse’s pace began to slow.
“Here we are.”
He dismounted first, tethered the horse to a tree, and unfastened the saddlebags.
Without hesitation, Luderne Sellen lifted me from the horse and laid me down.
Against my back, I felt the Grassland and a blanket beneath me.
When I turned my head, a generously sized blanket was spread across the soft Grassland.
Then the surroundings seemed to brighten suddenly, and a yellow glow flickered and spread through the air.
Fireflies.
Looking up at the sky, I saw the universe pouring down upon me.
Caught off guard by the unexpected beauty of the night, I forgot what had just transpired and gazed upward.
Soon Luderne Sellen entered my field of vision.
Straddling me, Luderne Sellen unfastened his shirt.

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