My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 216

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Chapter 216
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“I’m sorry.”
Raphael apologized repeatedly.
“I’m sorry. I simply cannot….”
“….”
“…stop.”
“….”
“I’m sorry.”
Insincere apologies, self-recrimination that utterly failed to restrain him, and beneath it all, an undisguised desire that showed no sign of ceasing—all poured relentlessly into my ears, masked as contrition.
Everything was scorching. Heavy. Damp and slick. Pressed down from head to toe. Soft pressure bore down upon me, again and again.
His ragged breathing struck my ear in waves. His touch, his waist, his lips—I could not keep pace. I could not gather my thoughts.
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry.
Because I love you so much.
So very much….
Such was that night. A long, endless night.
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When I opened my eyes, it was still night.
‘How much time has passed…?’
Kanna blinked and tried to sit up. Then she simply collapsed back onto the bed.
‘I’m so tired.’
An arm pulled me from behind. I yielded to it and closed my eyes.
“Are you sleeping?”
“Mm….”
“Please continue sleeping.”
“….”
I was exasperated. Continue sleeping? Continue sleeping? Even as I spoke, I felt him stirring restlessly behind me, so I smacked the back of his hand.
“You sleep too.”
“I cannot sleep.”
“Sleep anyway. Truly….”
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t apologize if you don’t mean it.”
I smacked the back of his hand again.
“You’ve been awake this whole time. Just sleep. I’m exhausted.”
I yawned and turned my body around, burying my face against his chest.
‘I’m so tired.’
Even with my eyes closed, I could feel it.
The scorching gaze fixed upon me in the darkness. Eyes full of wonder. A tenderness burning with longing.
Raphael whispered in a voice trembling ever so slightly.
“Kanna.”
“Hmm?”
“You are beautiful.”
I wanted to tell him he was beautiful too.
But I was far too drowsy to say it.
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Morning had come before I finally regained my senses.
“Please have some tea.”
Raphael brought tea to her, who sat on the sofa with disheveled hair. I stared up at him blankly.
“….”
Raphael was perfectly fine. His serene face, his neat hair, his pristine white priestly robes—all as immaculate as always.
Unlike me, utterly exhausted.
“Are you really the man who was with me?”
“Yes. That would be me.”
“….”
I was being sarcastic, yet he admitted it without changing his expression at all. I clicked my tongue and accepted the teacup.
“So, how was it?”
“What do you mean?”
“My reward. Was it worth all those years of living as the perfect servant?”
I asked with a deliberately mischievous smile, but he answered with complete honesty.
“It was like heaven.”
“…Really?”
“I would have gladly died.”
Well, that’s… a bit much.
After asking so teasingly, I found myself slightly flustered.
‘He’s not two-faced, so what exactly is he?’
The stark contrast between day and night was almost unbelievable.
That he could be like that with such a serene face. I found his completely different demeanor amusing and let out a soft laugh.
“But are you really sure this was your first time?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, really? Honestly, I don’t believe it.”
“Why not?”
“Just… for various reasons.”
“I have no reason to lie to you. I have never touched any woman besides you, nor have I ever wished to.”
It sounded like a solemn vow spoken before God, so I could no longer jest.
So I got straight to the point.
“I’m not.”
“….”
Raphael fell silent for a moment. Then he answered.
“I understand.”
Of course I would.
On the surface, Kanna Adis’s romantic entanglements were quite spectacular.
Marriage to Duke Valentino, divorce, a scandal with Prince Argon immediately after, then becoming the mistress of Alexei, now King of Yalden, and spreading rumors with his brother Prince Lorenzo as well.
‘Wow, impressive.’
And if one added her relationship with the Divine Spirit of the Divine Temple to that list, plus the secret affairs with the Adis brothers that remained hidden from others were revealed….
‘I’d be recorded in history books as a woman of legendary depravity.’
In a society that held up women of unwavering devotion to a single man as the ideal, Kanna Adis was nothing short of a social evil.
Men who kept many women were treated as capable predators, but women in the same position were branded as dissolute harlots and buried in disgrace.
‘Ah, I don’t care, I don’t care.’
But I had decided not to worry about it.
What was I supposed to do about such a fate?
Virtuous ladies who served as models for others were a dime a dozen, so perhaps there could be one woman like me who did as she pleased.
“Do you perhaps want to monopolize me?”
At Kanna Adis’s question, Raphael lowered his gaze.
“Of course.”
“Raphael, I….”
“I know it’s impossible.”
Raphael gently cut off her words and continued.
“What I desire is you.”
“….”
“It was the same even when you were my friend’s wife.”
Raphael lifted his eyes to look at her face.
“I wished to betray my friend and enter into an illicit relationship with you. Even knowing it would destroy the sacred marriage vow, I longed to reach you.”
Kanna found herself clenching her fists without realizing it. Her face burned with heat.
The way he spoke such wicked words with such noble composure was intoxicating.
He was a priest. As a Divine Spirit now, he stood closer to God than anyone else.
He was confessing that he had broken his oath to God and desired to pluck the forbidden fruit whenever he wished.
“And finally, I have achieved my desire.”
Raphael seemed to feel no shame about himself. He did not even fear divine punishment.
“I do not expect to monopolize you. I am intoxicated by merely the touch of your hand….”
For some reason, with each word that followed, heat rose in his eyes. The raw expression she had seen these past days gradually revealed itself.
“That alone is enough for me to live.”
“….”
“If you find such a man as me pleasing, or if you pity me, then please.”
He approached Kanna Adis and knelt before her. His composed face belied the hunger burning in his eyes as he looked up at her.
“Continue to hold me.”
“….”
“Even if this is not a glory that only I may enjoy.”
Kanna Adis bit her lip. She had no words. Despite all the words she had prepared.
My life, my body, and my heart are not mine alone. There is another person to whom I owe a debt as great as the one I owe to you.
I will repay that debt in the manner they desire. Whatever it may be.
And the work that lies ahead of me is grave. Too grave to be bound by affection or morality.
I have always wielded everything as a weapon. Even my own life—I have used it without hesitation, as a mere tool.
Because of this, I cannot belong to you alone. So I had prepared such words. For persuasion, for understanding.
But they were never needed.
He understood her far better than he had dared hope, and he wanted her.
Kanna Adis grasped Raphael’s arm and pulled him up. After settling him on the sofa, she sat upon his thighs, which had long since grown rigid with anticipation. As if he had been waiting, he wrapped his hands around her waist.
“Raphael.”
“Yes.”
When she pressed her lips to his forehead, his breath trembled. His eyelashes, his lips—Kanna witnessed the face of a man consumed by rapture.
“Do you know something?”
“What is it….”
“You are truly lovely.”
And slowly she lowered her lips. To his eyelids, to his cheeks….
The closer she drew, the more his fingertips trembled against her waist.
The moment she gently rose above his upper lip, his grip tightened with sudden force.
A sound like a groan escaped his throat. His ragged breathing seemed ready to shatter at any moment.
“Raphael.”
“Please, I beg you, Kanna….”
But he could not wait.
He lifted his head urgently, covering those longed-for lips with his own.
Kanna consumed his breath, his moans, his burning skin—all of it. The body pressed beneath him burned with scorching heat.
Raphael was truly lovely.
But she would never be able to speak the words of love.
To anyone.

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