The Prince Who Loved Me - Chapter 71

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Chapter 71

Upon hearing those words, Damien’s body stiffened with shock.

Not only did Lucien know about Obsidian’s existence, but he was even aware that Damien was investigating them.

He had already been suspicious that Lucien might be involved in Charlotte’s death.

Damien repeatedly pressed Lucien for answers. But Lucien only made disturbing sounds mixed with crying and laughter.

Eventually, the two men, who had never gotten along well, exploded with emotion and came to blows.

Above all, Damien was terrified.

He had roughly known that enemies were nearby, but the reality that they could reach out to Bada whenever they wanted was horrifying.

If those enemies hiding their identities were to harm Bada…

‘No.’

Damien squeezed his eyes shut and buried his face in the nape of Bada’s neck.

As he breathed in her scent, his throbbing headache instantly subsided and his nerves calmed.

He buried his nose deep into her skin as if desperately seeking salvation.

It was like desperately clinging to a buoy before drowning.

Even knowing that gripping the buoy too tightly might cause them both to sink, he couldn’t bring himself to let go.

He slipped his faintly trembling hand inside her neckline.

“Ah…!”

He traced down her neckline with his sharp nose tip, continuously inhaling the sweet scent emanating from her body.

Yes, this is what I needed.

I needed you.

As expected, he thought it would be best to confine her in his arms so she couldn’t move even a single step.

For her sake. And above all, for his own sake.

But at that moment, Damien suddenly recalled something Bada had said before.

‘I’d like to add one clause.’

‘What clause?’

‘A clause stating that if either party develops genuine feelings during the contract period, the contract will be terminated.’

Then the fact that all of this was merely a contract made of paper scraps, and that Bada could leave him anytime she wanted, made him tremble with anxiety once again.

The moment he confessed his feelings, even the justification for keeping her confined might disappear.

Moreover, perhaps Bada was regretting all of this by now. The person she loved wasn’t the eccentric prince, but River Grant whom she had met in Bali.

Damien chewed the flesh inside his mouth as he thought.

‘I need to confirm your feelings.’

“But you said before. That we shouldn’t mix emotions with the contract.”

“…”

“Were you serious about that?”

“…Hmm.”

“Look at this. The way you respond faithfully every time I touch you makes it seem like you have feelings for me, doesn’t it?”

“…Wh, what.”

“Tell me honestly. I won’t hold you responsible for breaking the contract.”

At Damien’s cunningly probing words, Bada responded provocatively.

“Well, the body and emotions might be separate things, don’t you think?”

Instantly, Damien’s hand that had been touching her chest stopped, and his face hardened frighteningly.

His eyes flashed dangerously in the darkness as he spoke in a terrifyingly low voice.

“Ah, is that how it is for you? Then that’s perfect. It wouldn’t be bad to become partners who satisfy each other’s desires. Besides, you’re very accessible, so I won’t be at a loss.”

“Right. That wouldn’t be bad either. FWB with just physical contact and no emotions. Perfect for our relationship that’s all business. Should I add a clause to the contract if you want?”

Business. Contract. Clause. The businesslike words she uttered shredded Damien’s heart to pieces.

Even knowing that he was the one who had proposed the contract, his mood sank to the floor.

Damien furrowed his brow deeply and pulled her waist toward him roughly.

Their lips overlapped, and his tongue invaded instantly, roughly sweeping across the mucous membrane.

“Mmph!”

Bada, startled by the surprise kiss, tried to pull her face away. But he stepped closer and pressed their faces together until their noses were crushed.

Hot flesh stirred wildly inside her mouth. As if saying that since she started it, she should handle it herself.

It was a rough kiss. He barely gave her a chance to breathe, causing tears to well up in Bada’s eyes.

Bada tried to push against his chest, but soon both her wrists were caught by him.

Damien held her firmly while sharpening his tongue tip and thrusting it deep into the back of her throat. It was a desperate movement, as if searching for something.

“Mmph…”

The tongue movement felt dangerously intense.

Only then did Bada realize that Damien’s reason for pressing her this hard wasn’t just due to arousal.

‘It feels like a defense mechanism trying to hide something.’

Was it because of the fight with Lucien after all? What on earth was happening between those two?

Suspicion and strange compassion for him stirred Bada’s heart.

‘I wish you’d tell me the reason you’re suffering too, you fool.’

Meanwhile, Damien, who had been sucking until her lips were swollen, roughly threw off his jacket.

Then he grabbed Bada’s hips and turned her body around. He pressed her cheek against the wall and unzipped her dress.

When the zipper got stuck around her waist, he impatiently tore the seam of the dress with his hands. At the ripping sound of fabric, Bada was shocked.

“Ah, don’t tear it! I might need to wear it again.”

“I’ll buy you a new one.”

The dress fell below her ankles and humid breath touched the nape of her neck.

Soon, his thick tongue licked up along Bada’s neckline.

“Hah, ah…”

He left kisses on her neck with audible sounds and buried his face in her chest.

“Hah… The scent of your skin.”

After inhaling her scent with his sharp nose tip, he lifted her up in his arms.

He instantly laid her on the bed and climbed on top of her.

After removing his heavy wristwatch and placing it on the nightstand, he untied his bow tie. Then he began unbuttoning his shirt.

Watching him undress under the moonlight, Bada swallowed hard.

Even though they had rolled around countless times in Bali, doing embarrassing things in all sorts of positions.

Her whole body was tense, just like that first night when she had slept with him.

He noticed Bada’s reaction like a ghost and chuckled.

“Why are you so nervous? Going to back out now?”

“Wh, who said anything?”

Damien muttered with glazed eyes.

“I love FWB.”

Bada took in the sight of his naked body reflected in the moonlight.

His pectorals swollen as if angry, his thick torso. And his thighs as thick as her waist.

Was it her imagination that his body seemed to have gotten even better?

He also admired Bada’s naked body with half-opened eyes, wearing nothing but her necklace and opera gloves.

Her slender neckline and collarbones. Her voluptuous chest and the faint bikini tan lines that still remained.

For some reason, seeing her naked body adorned with the jewelry he had given her felt more stimulating than if she wore nothing at all. Blood rushed to his lower body.

Damien traced the necklace around her neck with his index finger.

“…Do you like it?”

“Hm? Mm-hmm.”

“You have such striking features that jewelry suits you well.”

The hand that had been playing with the necklace gradually moved downward and began caressing the peak of her breast.

“The Queen Dowager said so. That giving jewelry to a woman is like marking territory.”

“…Hmm.”

“It’s declaring to the world that you’re mine.”

Their touching lower bodies pressed together heavily. As his massive body pressed down on her, Bada let out an intoxicated sigh.

“…So that’s why I gave you the ring in Bali. I guess it was a bit too much, wasn’t it?”

“….”

Bada was slightly startled by Damien’s sudden confession. So that’s what it meant when he suddenly gave her the ring in Bali.

She had suspected he wouldn’t give such a precious family heirloom that was over a hundred years old to just anyone, but hearing his true feelings made her feel strange.

If that was the case, then he had been sincere up until the moment he gave her the ring. So why did he suddenly leave?

Just as the forgotten question surfaced in her mind, he murmured in a cool voice.

“Tell me honestly. You didn’t lose the ring I gave you—you threw it away, didn’t you?”

“N-no. No, I didn’t….”

“Really?”

“R-really.”

“If you had thrown it away, I was planning to make you pay for it somehow. What a shame.”

I was going to make you pay by keeping you tied to my side for life.

Pushing away his dark thoughts, Damien clicked his tongue and leaned his heavy body forward, bringing his face to her chest.

Her peak was drawn between his full lips, making wet sounds.

“Haah….”

She embraced him, not knowing what to do with the pleasure, though his frame was too large for her arms to fully encompass.

He moved his hips, rubbing against her below.

Bada looked down at him with a flushed red face.

His eyelashes were lowered as he focused intently on his task.

His face remained as refined as a prince’s, but the way he moved his tongue was utterly indecent.

Sensing her gaze, he slowly opened his eyes. His intense blue gaze turned toward her, and the corners of his mouth curled upward.

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