Limited Extra Time - Chapter 196

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“But you can speak comfortably with me. You did before too… Would it be alright if I called you Millaiyen?”

“That’s—I apologize. I got a bit carried away earlier.”

He offered his apology straightforwardly.

To be honest, I couldn’t see anything at that moment.

How could I not have been excited when I’d barely met her, and she was saying we should each go about our business while she lived as quietly as a dormouse? It was only natural.

“As for my name, please call me whatever feels comfortable. I have a foreign name as well, so you’re welcome to use that instead.”

“A foreign name?”

“Yes, it’s Millaiyen Pestellio.”

Her eyes widened. It was such a distinctive name—the kind you’d expect to see in a fantasy novel.

Millaiyen Pestellio….

Yet somehow, it was a name that rolled off the tongue.

At her small reaction, his expression

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shifted slightly. A heavy shadow fell across his face.

“It’s a unique name. A lovely one.”

“I’m relieved to hear that. It’s quite late now, so sleep would be best. From tomorrow onward, it will be just the two of us here for a while. I’ll speak comfortably with you, so please do the same with me.”

“Yes… I mean, yes….”

As Rina nodded, he suddenly lifted her with one arm and set her on the Bed.

She looked up at him with startled eyes

She had been flustered, and Millaiyen, without thinking, reached out and gently smoothed her hair.

“Do you… not usually touch people so casually?”

“Does it seem that way?”

“No…”

“That’s right—I don’t. Only with you.”

He drew his face close until their breaths mingled, his voice low and intimate against her ear.

In that moment, Rina’s eyes widened considerably.

Each time Millaiyen thrust into her, heat flooded her face, and she couldn’t suppress it.

She gently rubbed her face, and when he drew the blanket over her, she obediently settled into the bed.

“You seem braver than I expected. For a wedding night, you show no signs of nervousness at all. Do I appear so inadequate as a man?”

He turned off the bedside lamp as he spoke.

The rustle of the blankets seemed louder against Millaiyen’s voice. The bed was certainly large, but as he drew close, she felt the warmth radiating from him.

“You said there was no need to do anything right now.”

“You trust men far too easily.”

“I don’t know why, but… I simply don’t think you would. Millaiyen, you don’t seem like a bad person

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at all.”

At her words, Millaiyen’s movements stilled abruptly.

His gaze slowly turned toward her.

Suppressing the heat rising through his entire body, he carefully reached out beneath the blanket and took her hand gently.

Her fingertips trembled with a subtle quiver.

‘Strangely enough, this doesn’t feel unpleasant.’

Until now, the touch of others—especially men—had always made me deeply uncomfortable.

I’d dated a few people before, but the longest relationship had lasted only about three months. Yet this man didn’t make me uncomfortable or uneasy at all.

‘How strange.’

On the surface, he was more reserved, taciturn, and intimidating than anyone I’d ever met—even cold, for that matter. Of course, after actually talking with him, he didn’t seem quite so cold.

Especially his flirtation that came on so suddenly was the kind that was difficult for Rina to handle. This physical contact now was no exception.

“You have no idea how much I wanted to see you. How desperately I searched for you.”

“…Was it really so difficult to find information about me? I didn’t think my information was that scarce.”

“It was. There was nothing. You were nowhere to be found.”

Millaiyen Pestellio drew her close and slowly wrapped her in his embrace.

Though nestling into his broad chest wasn’t quite familiar to me, his voice sounded so tender that I simply closed my eyes.

I usually lay in bed tossing and turning for two or three hours, but tonight my eyes grew heavy. Even though I’d taken a nap during the day.

“Sleep well, Carina Leopold.”

“…”

As reality faded away, affection

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came down in a tender voice brimming with warmth.

“Good morning, Rina.”

For several days now, when I opened my eyes, Millaiyen Pestellio was looking down at me with a smile.

On the first day, I had been startled enough to jump, but now I had grown so accustomed to it that I could nod along with complete indifference.

Of course, that didn’t mean I was truly unmoved.

“Yes…”

Rina lifted herself from the plush Bed.

I’d heard the Bed alone cost nearly a hundred million won, but I had no desire to know the exact price—I simply chose to savor its luxurious softness.

“Your phone has been ringing since earlier. Were you expecting a call from somewhere?”

“Oh, well…”

She reached for her phone with a furrowed brow. It was a message from the University Department.

The group chat was overflowing with notifications. Rina skimmed through them and found a message from her friend that caught her eye.

[Hey, Kang Rina! Are you coming to the orientation at noon today? Want to grab something to eat afterward? How about tteokbokki? There’s a new place.]

After staring at the message for a while, Rina glanced up at the time displayed at the top of the screen.

11:15?

’11:15?’

Her face went pale.

She bolted upright and rushed frantically toward the Studio/Atelier.

Millaiyen Pestellio, watching her ashen face, opened his mouth in bewilderment.

“Rina? What’s wrong? Is something the matter?”

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I forgot about the school orientation! It’s at noon! Oh no! I need to leave!

…School? You’re still attending school?

But I’ve already graduated…

Yes! This is my final semester. I took a year off, you see. I have to be there by noon…

Rina, her expression frazzled, pushed Millaiyen Pestellio out of the Room with urgency.

Suddenly evicted from the shared Room,

I watched as Millaiyen Pestellio let out a soft chuckle and pulled out his phone.

He texted for a vehicle to be prepared, then stepped into the wardrobe and changed into light clothing with ease.

She rushed out of the Room just fifteen minutes later, having hastily washed and changed.

You’ve come down. The car is waiting, so go ahead and get in right away.

Um… Thank you. But where are you going, Millaiyen?

That’s right.

Where?

I need to take you there. Today, I’m your Driver.

Her eyes widened in surprise.

Rina had a license and wasn’t so poor a driver that she needed to impose on his time. Besides, if she was in a rush, she could simply take a taxi.

…I’m fine, really. Since you’re off today anyway, please get some proper rest. I’ll be back soon.

No, I wanted to go out too. After all,

it’s been a while since I’ve visited a university. Which A University should I go to?

Millaiyen Pestellio had already taken her luggage and placed it in the back seat. Then he gently grasped Rina’s shoulder and carefully guided her into the passenger seat.

He fastened her seatbelt with his own hands before settling into the driver’s seat.

Where?

Ah, yes… A University.

Just thinking about walking into the classroom

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makes it rather precarious.” Since being a little late was unavoidable, she shook her head.

“It’s fine. Being late is unavoidable. It’ll just be a moment of embarrassment, so don’t worry about it.” After all, it was my own fault for not checking beforehand.

He pressed the accelerator and smiled wryly. “I can’t let you be embarrassed. I’m sorry, but my driving might be a bit rough.

And I’ll wait nearby, so contact me when you’re done.” Millaiyen Pestellio wrote down a phone number on a piece of paper and handed it to her.

“What? I can make it back on my own.” “I’d like to have a meal with you. Don’t you want to eat with me?”

“No, it’s not that…” She eventually nodded. She took out her phone and replied to her friend who had suggested tteokbokki,

saying she’d be a little late, and politely declined the tteokbokki suggestion.

She couldn’t bring herself to tell them that she’d acquired a husband during the break and could no longer roam about as freely as before. Considering that Rina was only twenty-four, it was nothing short of an extraordinarily early marriage.

The moment her thoughts ended, his car shot forward with alarming speed.

And that day, she experienced firsthand

what it felt like to have one’s soul and body separated.

“Take care, Rina.” “Ah, ah… ah… yes…” As Millaiyen Pestellio leaned his head out the window, she—looking somewhat dazed—bowed slightly to receive a light kiss on her cheek.

Perhaps because she had spent part of her childhood abroad, she was rather tolerant of such small physical gestures.

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‘…It seems like I might be ready to move to the next stage soon.’

Though only a few days had passed, Rina found herself surprisingly free of resistance toward him.

Perhaps memories from a past life still lingered in her body—she felt an unexpected sense of anticipation.

“I’m going mad.”

Every time I saw her, my entire body responded in ways that made me want to occasionally smash those traitorous parts to pieces.

My lower half simply refused to obey my will.

Not a single moment of compliance.

He clenched his fist and struck his thigh hard.

“Slowly. Calmly.”

Millaiyen Pestellio murmured to himself in a low voice, as though brainwashing his own mind.

If I didn’t proceed slowly and calmly, I might disappoint her. That was absolutely unacceptable.

“I’m going mad from how lovely she is.”

Every time I saw her, I wanted to kiss her lips, pull her into my embrace, caress every inch of her, and press my mouth against her fair, delicate skin.

All of it consumed my thoughts.

Since we’d begun sharing the same Room and I’d taken time away from work, we’d conversed far more, and the distance between us felt considerably closer than it had at first.

“Perhaps I should create the right atmosphere tonight.”

Rather than remaining at home, reserving the Hotel restaurant and spending the night there seemed like an excellent idea.

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