My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 302

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Side Story Episode 33
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“It hurts.”
“My apologies.”
Raphael diligently massaged my arms, legs, and waist while apologizing.
“Raphael, be gentler.”
“My apologies.”
Raphael’s strength was simply overwhelming.
Even now, he seemed to be controlling his power as much as possible, yet it still felt too intense to me.
With the muscle soreness already plaguing me, even the slightest touch sent waves of pain through my body.
For the first time, I found him genuinely frightening.
‘I never knew this side of Raphael existed.’
When I was seducing him, he kept insisting this shouldn’t happen, pleading with me not to do this, all while pretending to be chaste and virtuous.
‘The moment he got on the bed, he transformed completely.’
He was nothing like his usual self. I could never have imagined such boldness, such occasional rudeness from him.
Of course, there had never been a moment when he wasn’t kind to me, but…
He was kind, yet like a rogue who was only kind in words.
‘How could Raphael do this to me?’
As I shot him a resentful glare, Raphael lowered his head.
“My apologies.”
“….”
A chill ran down my spine.
Now his apologies terrified me. Throughout the entire time, Raphael had apologized repeatedly. It was unsettling.
His mouth kept saying he was sorry, while his body…
“Raphael, I’m afraid of you now.”
“My apologies.”
“Don’t apologize. That’s even more frightening.”
I toyed with the pillow, a slight smile tugging at my lips. Despite my complaints, my mood was absolutely wonderful. Absolutely.
“Did I really teach you all of that?”
“Yes.”
“What about that woman?”
“Pardon?”
“Weren’t you her lover? That philandering eldest daughter of House of Adis or whatever?”
“….”
Raphael’s hands, which had been massaging my arm, came to a halt. I glared at him.
“Who exactly is that woman?”
Raphael pondered for a moment before speaking.
“To me, you are the only woman.”
Raphael could not lie to me. It was impossible given his values.
Yet he could not speak the truth either. The current me could never accept or believe it.
“There are circumstances. I cannot explain the details about that woman right now….”
Raphael spoke while meeting her gaze directly.
“I can swear to it. There has never been a single moment in my life when another woman existed for me.”
Kanna Adis’s eyes, which had been piercing through Raphael, gradually softened.
‘That’s right. Raphael would never do such a thing.’
The moment I was certain of that, I suddenly became curious.
‘Then who did I learn it from?’
In that instant, for some reason, Silvien’s face flashed through my mind. I was startled.
‘I’m insane!’
I buried my face in the pillow. My heart pounded as if I had committed some terrible deed.
‘That can’t be. If such a thing happened, it would be strange.’
Then who could it be?
Silvien, and Raphael. The only two men who held meaning in my life….
“Raphael, just tell me one thing.”
“As you wish.”
“Is it true that my brother meets the eldest daughter of House of Adis?”
“Yes. He maintains an intimate relationship with the eldest daughter of House of Adis.”
“My brother loves that woman, doesn’t he?”
“Yes. He loves her. More than anyone else in this world.”
Raphael never lies. I knew that fact all too well.
“…I see.”
My heart grew complicated, but I closed my eyes.
I was too exhausted to think. The morning sun was already beginning to rise, and I hadn’t slept a single moment until now.
“I’m going to sleep.”
“Yes, please rest.”
“Come here and hold me.”
At those words, Raphael lay down beside me. I rested my head on his arm and nestled into his embrace.
How much time had passed? Raphael asked in a quiet voice.
“…Are you asleep?”
I should pretend to be asleep. Then I felt Raphael exhale a wistful sigh.
‘Right, it is frightening after all.’
His warm fingertips gently caressed my shoulder.
It was a touch that carried an unresolved longing, but I stubbornly pretended not to notice, feigning sleep.
Then I soon fell asleep.
I dreamed.
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“Kanna Adis.”
He lay beside me, gazing at me.
“You are truly beautiful.”
No, it was he who was beautiful.
Even the moonlight that fell upon his body had lost its radiance. Kanna spoke in a hoarse voice.
“What about Raphael…?”
His eyes turned cold. He straightened his posture and sat up. Once again, he looked down at her with complete dominion. As if he were her master.
No, that wasn’t quite right. Since he had actually dominated her, it was fitting to call him her master in this moment.
“Did you release Raphael?”
“No. Not yet.”
“Please, brother. Raphael….”
“I wonder. What should I do?”
Kanna whimpered. If this were the usual brother, he would surely have stroked her head and comforted her….
But he did not stroke her head. He did not press his lips to her cheek. He did not pat her gently.
He merely gazed down at her with a savage intensity, scrutinizing every inch of her, before finally taking both her hands and kissing them.
“Kanna, surely this isn’t the price for releasing that bastard?”
“No, I truly love you, brother….”
“Then you should call my name. Tell me you love me. If you keep calling another man’s name….”
He laughed.
“It only excites me more.”
Kanna burst into tears.
The man on the stained and crumpled sheets was a stranger. He possessed neither grace nor courtesy. His elegant facade had been stripped away entirely, leaving only his thorny nature to pierce her relentlessly.
Yet because she loved him, she confessed her love. She confessed it dozens of times over.
Perhaps he had never believed her.
But it was sincere. She truly loved him.
And yet she also loved Raphael, because he was hers, because she belonged only to him, because she simply could not abandon him….
“Please spare Raphael’s life. I love you, brother. The one I love is you.”
Betrayal flashed across his eyes. Something like pain flickered there, but only for a moment.
“I love you too, Kanna.”
He never truly believed her.
Yet he pretended to believe.
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Kanna’s eyes snapped open.
“Are you alright?”
Raphael was looking down at her with concern.
‘What was that just now? A dream?’
She breathed heavily, her breath ragged. Cold sweat trickled down her forehead.
“Please wait a moment. I’ll bring you some warm tea….”
Kanna quickly seized his hand.
“No, don’t go!”
She pulled his hand toward her and buried her face in his palm.
“Stay here with me.”
Kanna gripped Raphael’s hand tightly. Her heart was racing wildly.
“I had the most terrible nightmare.”
It’s a lie. In truth, it wasn’t terrible at all. Rather, it was an exhilarating dream.
The sensation lingered so vividly that my fingertips still tingled. That feeling awakened something within me.
And it made me furious.
‘Brother shouldn’t be like that.’
Silvien Valentino abandoned me.
I demanded he choose between that woman and myself.
He didn’t choose me. Instead, he was busy defending that woman. He valued her more than me.
‘How could brother do this?’
If it had been a normal relationship with a normal woman, I could have endured it somehow.
But she was openly unfaithful. Brother was merely one of her many lovers.
Merely one of her lovers.
He abandoned me just to be treated like that?
‘Am I worth so little to brother?’
The betrayal and rage I felt in the dream—I was experiencing them fully now.
‘Just wait. Let brother see exactly how far I can go.’
The eldest daughter of House of Adis, was she?
I’ll steal the men she has.
Yes, the Adis brothers.
I’ll keep those men on either side of me and laugh mockingly at brother.
Then brother will surely be wounded too.
What kind of face will he make then?
I hope it hurts him terribly. I hope he wears that expression of bitter betrayal, just like in the dream.
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I was about to visit the Adis Mansion directly when, as if by fate’s design, a carriage arrived from House of Adis first.
“Duke Adis has sent us. Please grant us the honor of escorting you to the Estate.”
The messenger was a mysterious young man with silver hair, and he offered me an extraordinarily gentle smile.
His smile was so refined and pure that he appeared as virtuous as someone who had never committed a single sin.
“I am Kalen Adis. Please, call me Kalen. It is my honor to escort such a beautiful lady.”
Perfect.
My eyes gleamed with predatory sharpness. My target had fallen right into my lap.
‘I’m sorry, Lord Kalen.’
You seem like an innocent person too. Pure as a wildflower, just like brother.
‘That’s why you fall prey to wicked women—because you’re so naive about the world.’
Until now, you were prey for the eldest daughter of House of Adis….
“It’s lovely to meet you, Lord Kalen.”
I smiled at him.
This time, you’ll become my prey instead. Poor thing.

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