Chapter 218 - Better Future

I blankly stared at Max in response to his confession. Then I realized that I had made him cry. Perhaps it was because of his extremely attractive features, but he looked like a piece of artwork even while shedding tears. I began thinking of a way to console him then placed my lips on his cheek.

Startled, he turned to me with wide-open eyes. “Jubelian, just now…”

I froze in place. Had I gone too far? I wanted to kiss him on the lips, but he might have considered such an act without consent a form of harassment. Such was why I kissed him on the cheek like I usually did to my friends and acquaintances. However, his naive expression told me he was taken aback by the casual gesture. To be fair, Mikhail loathed even a light kiss on the cheek. Suppressing my desires, I sighed. Maybe I had been too forward.

‘I need to stop being greedy. I’ll take it slow from now on,’ I told myself.

Just then, he let go of my hand. Puzzled, I looked up to meet his eyes. He grabbed me by the waist and urgently pulled me toward him. Suddenly in his arms, I gazed at him wide-eyed. “M-max?” His name escaped my lips. His eyes had a dangerous light to them, reminding me of a beast observing its prey. I could feel my cheeks redden from the attention I was receiving.

Gently caressing my cheek, he asked, “Can I… do it, too?”

I was taken aback by his rather straightforward request but nodded. “You don’t have to ask for my permission—” His lips overlapped mine before I could finish speaking. I stood frozen in place, astonished by what was happening. Nevertheless, I soon found myself smiling as he was giving me light kisses as a child would.

He was adorable.

My eyes bent into crescent moons, I looked at him once he was finished. A shadow overcame his ruby eyes then, changing their appearance. “Jubelian.” After calling my name slowly, he gently stroked my jaw and neck. He then pressed his lips against mine. Opening his mouth, he began licking my lips as if to taste them. Swept away by the unexpected situation, I parted my lips as well. He slipped his tongue into my gaping mouth; I stared at him in amazement, to which he met me with a fierce gaze while constantly pushing his lips against mine.

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Would she taste like a fragrant flower or sweet like a fruit?

Max had always wondered, and now that he had done so… It was much more enchanting than he had imagined. He had been hesitant to kiss her until now, afraid that she might not appreciate such a gesture. But now that she had permitted him, there was no holding back.

Max devoured her lips greedily. He had led a stoic life until now, devoid of any desires but to kill. The ecstatic sensation he experienced for the first time was making his body heat up. Surrounded by uncontrollable heat, Max slowly lowered his hand that was resting on her jawline and caressed her pale neck.

‘How annoying.’ Irritation rose when he realized her slender neck was covered with a part of her dress. At the same time, he was glad. Without the intrusive decoration, he would have dug his fangs into her soft neck to carve a mark. Perhaps it was the kiss and his constant caresses that caused the lady to gasp for breath while flinching intermittently, but the heat in his body grew more intense from her reactions.