I Became a Leader in a Wretched Prison - Chapter 232

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Side Story Episode 18

I expected Helios would definitely jump at this question. I had even thought about what to say in that case.

But instead of panicking and frowning like before, Helios stared straight at me.

It was strange.

A man and woman lying side by side on the bed.

Until recently, this had been our natural daily routine, but now my lover was looking at me with unfamiliar eyes even though we were lying this close together.

Helios opened his mouth with a calm expression.

“…Do you think doing that will bring back my memories?”

“Yeah.”

It was a lie. I had confidently declared to Helios that I would show him what shock therapy was and what a stalker was like.

‘But the condition I glimpsed of Helios wasn’t something that could be solved with something like this.’

When I analyzed the Kia structure, he would return to normal after 3 days.

In other words, no matter what I tried for 3 days, he wouldn’t come back.

If it could have been solved with Kia, wouldn’t I have dealt with it as soon as I discovered it?

‘How frustrating.’

Even while thinking this, I slowly parted my lips.

“That’s a lie. The truth is, I want to do it.”

Saying this, I turned to face Helios. He did flinch, but he didn’t back away or run.

The room had only the soft bedroom light turned on. In the comfortable but dim atmosphere, I curved my eyes.

“Even if you’ve lost your memories, in my eyes you’re still my beloved lover.”

I reached out my hand. Very slowly so he wouldn’t be startled.

Even so, I thought he might swat it away the moment I touched him.

Surprisingly, he remained still even when my hand touched his head. Though his shoulders did twitch slightly.

I continued to touch his still-soft hair, then moved my hand down to stroke his forehead.

Finally, I brushed along his eyebrows.

‘…If I go any further, he’ll probably run away, right?’

I wanted to touch his cheeks, his lips, and even below that, but I decided to hold back.

It was the moment I was pulling my hand away.

Grab.

My falling hand was caught. When I looked up, I saw Helios’s face.

Somehow it was an intense gaze whose meaning I couldn’t understand. I had no idea what he was thinking either.

Just as I was about to move, Helios’s hand pressed against the space beside me.

I blinked, trapped helplessly between the man’s arms.

“Fine.”

Helios said with a determined expression.

“Let’s see if this shock therapy thing actually works.”

“What?”

Before I could even respond, his lips came down on mine. In a way, it was a reckless charge.

‘Ah, since he has no memory, this must be his first time…?’

As I stared at him with wide eyes, I could see heat rising to the man’s face.

I was grateful for my eyes that could see as clearly as bright daylight even in the darkness.

Because it was a spectacular view I hadn’t seen in a long time.

Suddenly, I felt good.

I smiled while our lips were still touching. Then the man’s body trembled slightly.

“Just touching lips isn’t called a kiss, Duke.”

“That…”

After finishing what I had to say, I wrapped my arms around Helios’s neck and pulled him toward me so he couldn’t respond.

I parted my lips.

I could feel his mouth stiffen at the intruder’s movement. I didn’t care and moved freely.

Just as I was getting used to his warm lips, he pressed his body down over mine. The kiss deepened further.

I slowly closed my eyes.

‘I hope he doesn’t run away when it’s over.’

* * *

The next day.

I woke up feeling extremely refreshed.

What happened yesterday, you ask?

After the kiss ended, just as I expected, he went scurrying away.

He seemed so flustered that I felt quite disappointed.

‘I almost pounced on him.’

The fortunate thing was that he allowed me to sleep in the same bed. I don’t know what change of heart he had.

Unlike me who slept soundly, Helios clearly couldn’t fall asleep at all.

Around five in the morning, he got up alone and rubbed his face and hair frantically before getting up.

I woke up too, but it was fun to watch so I didn’t say anything.

Three hours later, I also woke up after sleeping well.

‘Well then, shall I start today too?’

Stalking.

It was the second day since he lost his memory.

I knew I only had to endure today and tomorrow.

But I felt restless and slightly irritated. Probably because yesterday’s brief lip contact had only made me thirstier.

I had been fine enduring such a long time in prison. How is it that I can’t bear even a day of this?

‘Is this the power of love and obsession?’

I came to my own conclusion and observed him again today.

Helios was so diligent that he was handling work in his office from morning again today.

I was staring intently because he looked wonderful and appealing as he moved his pen.

But somehow he kept glaring at the ceiling and display cabinet several times.

Sometimes he would shake his legs nervously. Occasionally he would stand up abruptly and then sigh.

Had he been doing such strange behavior for about two hours?

He suddenly stood up from his seat.

Then he looked at the ceiling and said.

“Hey, you’re there, aren’t you!”

I scratched my cheek and revealed myself.

“I’m here.”

Helios flinched and turned around. He looked bewildered seeing me emerge from behind the curtains.

“Yes, good that you came out. I have something to say.”

“What is it? Say whatever you want.”

Then he frowned his handsome eyes.

“If you’re going to secretly follow me around, just openly follow me and do surveillance instead!”

I tilted my head.

“…Then it wouldn’t be stalking, would it?”

“Whether you show yourself or not, following me is the same thing, isn’t it?”

Right?

Understanding my silence as agreement, he continued.

“It’s nerve-wracking, so show yourself when you do it!”

Hearing this made it even more incomprehensible.

‘Wouldn’t showing myself be even more nerve-wracking?’

Though I found it strange, I followed his words. All day long, he watched me either trailing behind him or sitting on the sofa observing him.

Somehow he even subtly lifted the corners of his lips. Though I might have been mistaken.

* * *

“So you’re saying you did surveillance all day long?”

“Yeah.”

That evening, Pontos called saying he had something to discuss, so I went to his mansion.

Then he immediately asked about what happened today, so since there was nothing I couldn’t answer, I told him everything.

“I’ve been thinking about this.”

“Yeah.”

“How about tomorrow you don’t do anything and just leave the Duke alone?”

“I don’t want to.”

At my firm answer, Pontos shrugged as if he had expected it.

Then he made a serious expression.

“Listen, I’m not suggesting this without reason.”

Let me hear it first, I leaned back on the sofa with my arms crossed.

“First of all, the Duke’s memory isn’t completely blank, right? And on top of that, the moment he opens his eyes, some strange woman claims to be his lover who promised marriage… don’t release killing intent! It’s true, isn’t it!”

“…So?”

“It must be quite a shock for the Duke too, right?”

Though it was somewhat unpleasant, it was true.

“In times like this, wouldn’t it be better to give the Duke some time to adapt or think things through on his own?”

When I didn’t say anything, thinking it was agreement, Elder Brother continued speaking.

Listening carefully, it was advice.

“The Duke without his memories is a normal person. If he were an ordinary Normal Person, someone who’s too obsessive wouldn’t be attractive.”

While I wasn’t shocked by these words, I felt both displeased and that there was some logic to them.

Helios who had unknowingly been influenced by spending time with me might be different. But if it’s Helios who lost all memories related to me and became a normal ordinary person(?).

I thought that could be possible.

‘So when he frowns every time he sees me, it’s really because he feels displeasure.’

I stopped thinking and touched my body.

This hurts a bit.

“Why are you stroking your stomach?”

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

I stroked my stomach a bit more. Elder Brother waited for my brief silence.

“Well, I’m a little angry but it’s not unreasonable. Fine, I’ll listen to Oppa’s words for about a day.”

“…What’s gotten into you. Actually listening to what I say.”

What an unusual reaction even when I do listen. I clicked my tongue.

“Instead, I’ll make just one request.”

“A request?”

I nodded my head.

“Yeah. That Saint you like and adore so much, let me see her once.”

I continued stroking my stomach.

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