The Male Lead Is Trying To Tame Me With Money - Chapter 155

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155.

That night I was by Casian’s side.

Since it was the day Maribel’s inheritance had been fully passed to him, I especially didn’t want to leave him alone.

After entering the bedroom, we leaned against each other and talked for a long time.

I thought anew that we both really loved times like this.

Perhaps it was because we usually only had conversations with set topics.

Content that would normally be dismissed as time-wasting with words like “just get to the point” accumulated layer by layer.

Without any order, as if we were inside that old cottage where we’d spent a day in Salice Barony.

We kept the fireplace lit just enough so the embers wouldn’t die out, sat using the sofa as a backrest, and giggled for no reason.

I also fully savored the comfort of being embraced in Casian’s broad arms.

“How is Mr. Baker doing?”

“Of course he’s well. Father received words of gratitude from him. Especially Mr. Baker’s eldest son said he can finally dream of marriage now.”

“He must have had a lover.”

At Casian’s words, I nodded while chuckling softly.

“It’s a long story that all the villagers know. Unlike the Baker family, the Bunch family who runs the mill was a solid household. Especially their second daughter is very sharp. When we were young—”

I paused in telling that story and laughed softly once more.

I remembered the story of my childhood friend crying.

Mother scolded me for making Paul cry, but I still think it wasn’t my fault—Paul just cried a lot.

“When you were young?”

Casian tightened his arms around me as if telling me not to enjoy memories alone, pressing kisses to my neck and temple.

A slight ticklish warmth bloomed where he had kissed.

I tapped Casian’s arm to make him loosen his grip, then met his gaze and curved my eyes.

Then Casian, as if thinking this was some kind of signal, lightly kissed my cheek.

“Are you planning to just leave me curious like this, Rose?”

“Of course not. I just suddenly found it funny. Paul’s face when he got severely scolded by that family’s second daughter and cried loudly was quite a sight.”

Paul Terodima hadn’t learned to hide his expressions aristocratically since childhood, so he would cry with all the openings on his face expanded.

Watching that, I muttered that I should preserve it in a drawing, and hearing that made Paul cry even more pitifully.

I thought it was a funny story as I told it, but for some reason Casian made a sulky face.

“Quite a sight?”

“Did I just say that in a positive way?”

“You’re saying it was a face you wanted to keep in your mind.”

This man really was jealous.

Though he seemed to think I found this cute.

Which was quite the correct assumption.

Instead of soothing him with words, I firmly grasped both his cheeks and kissed his forehead and nose tip.

I could see heat rising in Casian’s eyes.

Having been pressed close together talking for hours, I wasn’t dull enough to not notice that I had touched his breaking point.

“Not enough?”

So I touched it once more.

Because I could see him trying to be good and not be greedy tonight, holding back.

I thought stimulating such a him was a proper quality for someone who had earned half the name of devil.

Especially knowing that if I didn’t permit it, he would just embrace me even if he was about to explode beyond his limits.

Casian looked at me with a face mixed with complex emotions.

No matter how much he conflicted and worried, there was no way he could win against me at times like this.

He was very honest, and nodded innocently in a way that completely didn’t match the look in his eyes.

“…Yes.”

I slid one hand that had been cupping Casian’s cheek to stroke the nape of his neck.

“The rest of the story about Mr. Bunch’s second daughter and Mr. Baker’s eldest son?”

At my mischievous words, Casian clenched one fist tightly to gather his patience.

“I’m curious about that too, but.”

“You can speak honestly.”

I willingly tempted him, pressing a kiss near his lips.

“I love you very much even when you’re being mean to me.”

Considering how you treated me so wickedly yet still made me fall in love, no matter how I think about it, either my heart is broad or he bewitched me like a devil.

I whispered in his ear while placing my hand on his shoulder.

“You said it was good that we’re devils of the Winter Palace.”

So at times like this, don’t put on that unconvincing angelic face—he wasn’t one to not understand that meaning.

Casian Artez cast off the mask of pretending to be innocent instead of displaying ridiculous patience.

The already narrow distance between us closed in an instant.

He kissed my shoulder and neck as if embedding his body temperature, then met my gaze once more.

Catching his breath was only momentary.

He willingly offered me his lips, which he had protected as if he wouldn’t cross that final line despite kissing everywhere else.

Our breaths tangled and were swallowed.

Feelings poured out to a degree that made me wonder how he had endured it.

Even while receiving it overwhelmingly, I didn’t think for a moment that I had taken on something I couldn’t handle, so I clung to his body.

Because I didn’t want to miss even a grain of the sincerity that would be given to me.

However, physical limits definitely existed, and the moment I became short of breath to the point where I wondered if I should consider this exercise deficiency too, Casian Artez released me.

The moment our narrowed eyes returned to their original size and met, I felt strangely cheerful.

It wasn’t excitement or heat hot enough to melt my body, but just happy warmth that filled me completely.

When I couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter, Casian also seemed happy as he gave me a peck and whispered.

“May I come closer to you?”

Watching Casian request with a cute expression and tone despite his scheming intentions, I pulled the arm around his neck instead of answering.

Casian Artez willingly pretended to be fragile as he was pulled along.

Soon my vision, which should have shown the ceiling, was completely filled with lovely violet eyes and his broad embrace.

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In pleasant fatigue, I burrowed into the warmth without opening my eyes even though I could feel sunlight tapping at my ear.

Instead of softness, firm elasticity touched my cheek.

Instead of waking me, he greeted the morning by kissing my forehead.

Then he even pulled the blanket over my exposed back and patted me as if I could sleep more, making me laugh again.

“It must be almost time to go to work.”

“His Majesty the Emperor told you to take it easy. We’re just faithfully following those words.”

Still without opening my eyes, I replied while feeling Casian stroke my hair.

“Then you should tell the other people at the Winter Palace those words too. I’ve been away from my position too much already.”

Saying that, I also slowly opened my eyes to shake off the temptation of the warm bed.

“Shall I help with Rose’s morning preparations?”

Unlike me, his handsome face showed no traces of sleep, which was annoyingly unfair.

When I poked his cheek sulkily, Casian’s eyes curved happily.

“Should I just doze off in Ian’s arms the whole time?”

“By all means, I can take you to the office without anyone noticing.”

“Don’t tempt me like that, Ian.”

Because I have so much to do to take responsibility for pretty you.

Of course, he could handle some of it with his power, but revenge was much more enjoyable when done personally.

When I grumbled softly and sat up, Casian naturally draped a robe over me and even prepared a basin of clear water.

His sincerity was really overflowing to the point of being troublesome.

Because it only made me think I should quickly take him away to live with me.

I didn’t bother to decline Casian’s kindness.

When preparations were roughly finished, Casian had a simple breakfast prepared.

“You went to training while I was sleeping, didn’t you?”

“Yes, Rose doesn’t wake up easily once she falls asleep.”

“Just how much have you observed me sleeping?”

As I grumbled unnecessarily, Casian buttered my bagel for me and said,

“You were always the one who gave permission, and I was just powerless to resist.”

When he says things like that, I have nothing to say in return.

It was true that I had fallen asleep multiple times.

I took a big bite of the bagel sandwich Casian had skillfully made with eggs and lettuce on top, chewing silently without a word.

Casian watched me for a moment, then made his own sandwich thicker as he spoke.

“But Rose, why don’t you tell me like you did yesterday?”

“…Tell you what.”

Though I had an idea what he meant, I answered vaguely and took another bite of my sandwich.

“When you act like that, I have no choice but to hold back.”

And yet he was greedier than I could ever imagine.

Facing Casian’s sulky expression, I just rolled my eyes while gulping down my perfectly brewed americano.

After finishing my meal, I stood up, leaving Casian who was still only halfway through his.

“Don’t tell me you’re planning to cruelly go to work alone?”

“Yes.”

Besides, this morning I had to go to the Training Ground to select Royal Guards to assign to the Shrine, not to the Office.

After rinsing my mouth in his bathroom, I left a fresh-scented kiss on his cheek and said,

“Ian’s greedy wishes will be granted when you become my husband.”

Not as a prince and advisor in the Capital, but when we leave this place far behind and can freely share personal conversations by the Fireplace anytime, not just for official business.

“So know that right now, I’m going to fulfill Ian’s wish.”

To fulfill that lovely greed of his, I would gladly lead the heart of the Sun Palace down the path of overwork.

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