The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 144

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Episode 144

Just then, the sun that had been hiding in the clouds peeked its head out.

Lionel frowned as the intense light seemed to hurt his eyes. I made a shade with my hand, creating a shadow over his eyes.

Then Lionel relaxed his furrowed brow.

Feeling mischievous at this sight, I moved my hand back and forth, repeatedly creating and removing shadows over Lionel’s eyes.

Lionel kept frowning and then relaxing in response to those movements, but never told me to stop.

I was curious how long Lionel would put up with my prank, so I repeated this action for quite a while, but when he made no complaints whatsoever, I got even more annoyed and covered his eyes with my right hand.

“Can you see?”

“I can see a little through the gaps between your fingers.”

I pressed my fingers tightly together and asked again.

“Can you see?”

“I can’t see.”

Good.

I stifled a laugh and lightly pressed Lionel’s lips with the index finger of my left hand.

“What finger is this?”

“It’s your index finger.”

Huh?

“How did you know? Can you see?”

“I could tell by the feel.”

He can tell the shape of fingers by touch? What kind of skill level is this?

“What finger is this then?”

“Your thumb.”

“Then this one?”

“Your ring finger.”

…He got them all right!

“How do you know the feel of my fingers?”

“I hold them every day. Wouldn’t it be stranger if I didn’t know?”

Well, I wouldn’t be confident in guessing correctly.

“Then one last time. Try to guess this too. If you get this right, I’ll acknowledge it.”

“Yes. I understand.”

Even though his eyes were covered, I could tell from the rest of his face that he had a very calm and peaceful expression.

‘I wonder if this man knows that seeing a face like this makes me want to tease him.’

I kept my hand pressed firmly over Lionel’s eyes and leaned down to kiss his lips.

As I pressed his lips with mine, I felt the head on my lap beneath my palm stiffen slightly.

Congratulating myself on a very successful bit of teasing, I quickly pulled my head back before he could make any move.

“What was it?”

“…”

Lionel’s handsome lips hesitated and twitched slightly before letting out a voice that seemed to suppress something.

“Please do it once more.”

“Why? Don’t you know?”

“No. I don’t know which finger it was.”

Of course he wouldn’t know which finger it was. What touched him were lips.

I giggled and kissed his lips once more.

The moment our lips touched, Lionel reached up to embrace my head, but noticing his movement, I immediately pulled my lips away.

“How about it? Do you know now?”

“…Once more.”

I generously decided to give Lionel one more chance.

Perhaps realizing that I would pull away if he moved, Lionel stayed still this time even when I kissed him.

I playfully teased Lionel’s lips in various ways.

Finally, I gave him a kiss that made a smacking sound before pulling away, and a small laugh that seemed tickled escaped from Lionel’s mouth. Finding that cute, I kissed his lips once more.

“Do you know now?”

“If I say I know, is it over?”

“Even if you don’t know, it’s over. Doing more than this would be awkward.”

“There’s no one around, so whose eyes are you being conscious of?”

“God’s.”

I removed my hand that had been covering Lionel’s eyes and clasped both hands together to offer a small prayer of repentance.

‘God. I’m sorry for acting inappropriately in your courtyard. But we’re newlyweds, aren’t we? Please understand.’

While I was offering such a prayer, Lionel sat up and spoke in a rather shameless voice.

“God wouldn’t mind, would he? We’re a couple brought together by God’s matchmaking.”

“…Huh? Is that so?”

“Yes. Rather, I think God would be pleased to see us getting along well.”

That’s… convincing!

“Then we should get along conspicuously well to show our willingness to obey God?”

“Yes. I think so too.”

“Alright. Then close your eyes.”

Lionel obediently closed his eyes. At a glance, his face looked truly devout, like a believer following God.

‘God. If we’ve misinterpreted your will, please send a shower on this clear sky.’

But the sky remained bright and sunny. I kissed Lionel under the pouring bright sunlight.

Then Lionel’s hand wrapped around the back of my head, but I didn’t resist that force. We shared our breath endlessly until we heard Ruda’s cry from above our heads.

“Chirp, chirp chirp.”

“Someone must be coming.”

When I pushed against Lionel’s chest, he reluctantly moved back with a regretful expression.

While I took out a handkerchief to wipe the lip color that had smeared on his lips, Lionel carefully put Ruda, who had landed on his palm, into his jacket pocket.

Some time passed, but we didn’t sense anyone approaching. Lionel, who was much better at sensing other people’s presence than I was, judged the same.

“It must have been someone passing by elsewhere.”

“I guess so.”

When I nodded, Lionel took my hand in his. Then he rubbed the back of my hand as if asking when we had last kissed, so I lightly slapped his hand.

“That’s enough for today. I have something else to do.”

“Something to do?”

“It’s still a secret. I’ll tell you later, so go home first today.”

“Already?”

Lionel looked up at the sky.

Since I had come to stay at the temple, Lionel always stayed at the temple from early morning until late evening, practically only sleeping at the Roheim Family Town House.

He had done this for a whole week, so I could understand his disappointment at being told to go home early today.

“You’ll be extremely busy tomorrow. Go early and rest.”

“I’ve already rested plenty for a whole week.”

“Well, just go when I tell you to.”

When I got up, packed everything, and pushed his back, Lionel moved as if he had no choice.

“Instead, I’ll come at dawn tomorrow.”

“What time is dawn?”

“Around daybreak.”

“I’m not confident I’ll be awake at that time… You have the key, right? Just let yourself in.”

“I understand.”

“Be careful going home. See you tomorrow, Krieg too!”

“Kreung!”

After seeing Lionel off to the main gate, I waved until his figure was no longer visible, then went back inside the temple.

‘Let’s see… where was the ward?’

Even though I had been staying here for a week, I only went to the same places, so the way was a bit confusing.

Eventually, I looked around for a priest to get help from someone else. Fortunately, I saw a familiar face.

“Eve! Hello?”

“Ah…! Your Highness, Grand Duchess. Hello.”

Eve, who had been hurrying somewhere while holding a large scroll in her arms, bowed her head when she saw me.

When I first saw her here a week ago, she had been quite shy, but since we greeted each other first every time we met and had many conversations, she now showed a pleased expression when she saw me.

I naturally took the scroll Eve was holding.

“Where were you headed?”

“To the library. Please give it here. I’ll carry it.”

“It’s fine, I’m strong. Instead, I’ll carry this for you, so could you show me the way? The Central Temple is so vast that I don’t really know my way around.”

“That’s right. When I first came here, I always got lost because I didn’t know the way. So Bishop Nicole…”

The smile suddenly disappeared from the child’s face, which had been chattering brightly. It was probably because of the name that came out of the child’s mouth.

‘Come to think of it, she said this child was Bishop Nicole’s attendant cleric.’

It wasn’t something I heard from Eve herself, but a story that other clerics had told me like gossip.

Hearing that, I remembered seeing a young child being carried away in Bishop Nicole’s arms from the Imperial Palace a few years ago.

That young cleric who had said something inappropriate to Uni was probably Eve.

‘She’s still so young even now…’

Anyway, thinking that the Emperor was truly a terrible person, I spoke to Eve in a bright voice, pretending not to have heard the name that came from the child’s mouth.

“I want to stop by the ward. Is it far from the library?”

“It’s not that far. I’ll guide you there. …But why the ward? Do you have any pain somewhere?”

Eve looked at me with a worried expression. I shook my head, saying that nothing was wrong with me.

“I just have something I want to ask about. I’m not sick anywhere, so don’t worry.”

As I answered that way, the movement of my hand unconsciously rubbing my lower abdomen seemed to catch Eve’s attention.

Eve reflexively looked at my lower abdomen, and embarrassed by that gaze, I cleared my throat unnecessarily.

‘Eve is still young, so she probably didn’t notice, right?’

If Eve had been an adult, she would have roughly figured out why I was rubbing my belly. That I wanted to confirm whether I was pregnant.

‘It’s already been two weeks past when I should have had my period…’

Of course, just two weeks could simply be a delay.

But I had a regular menstrual cycle. Until now, it had only been delayed by at most a day or two from the expected date.

But since it was delayed by two weeks, I couldn’t help but be suspicious.

‘But it was only one night… Of course, it wasn’t just once…’

As I was thinking such thoughts, Eve suddenly made an expression as if she had realized something.

“Is it because of the baby in your belly?”

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