Chapter 30
Episode 30. Do You Want to Do It With Me?
2023.09.30.
He led Blair out of the balcony. Blair, who had been following with quick steps, mumbled as if to herself.
“What if that guy got badly hurt……”
That voice halted Herdin’s steps. Anger surged at her attitude of worrying about Wesley even in this situation.
“Are you worrying about that bastard right now? Do you know what that scum said to you?”
“But today is Mother’s birthday banquet.”
This time, worrying about Katrina. Her own well-being wasn’t even on her mind.
As Herdin opened his mouth to say something, an untimely hiccup burst from Blair’s lips again.
Hiccup. Hiccup. Hiccup…….
The hiccups continued relentlessly. Even with her mouth closed, the sound leaked out.
Come to think of it, alcohol scent wafted every time she breathed. Herdin’s brows narrowed.
“……Are you drunk?”
“I’m not drunk.”
The immediate reply came, but now her pronunciation sounded oddly slurred.
Herdin held up two fingers and asked.
“How many do you see?”
Blair pouted her lips.
“……Didn’t you say you wouldn’t doubt me?”
Her uncharacteristic behavior was cute, but Herdin didn’t back down. If anything, it made him more persistent.
“So, how many?”
“Hold still.”
Blair, who had been swaying slightly, suddenly grabbed his still hand with both of hers. Herdin flinched, but as if unaware, Blair fiddled with his fingers.
Her small hands tickled as they groped his fingers, but he didn’t dislike the sensation.
Finally, Blair, furrowing her fine brows in concentration to count just two fingers, gave her answer.
“Two.”
As if asking if he thought she couldn’t even count that much.
Herdin burst into laughter, still with his two fingers held in her grasp. The foul mood from slamming Wesley into the floor earlier was long forgotten.
The drunken wife tilted her head with a serious face, as if unable to fathom why he was laughing. Even then, the hiccups persisted.
As the hiccups started again, Blair frowned deeply in frustration and thumped her upper chest.
Herdin, watching her with laughter in his eyes, asked.
“Shall I stop them for you?”
Blair blinked up at him with puzzled eyes. His face drew close in an instant.
Smack.
Something hot and soft touched and left her lips. Blair’s eyes blinked slowly, unable to grasp the situation.
Herdin chuckled at her wide-eyed, rabbit-like surprise.
“There, the hiccups stopped.”
His low, languid baritone vibrated her heart a beat late.
Blair looked up at him with confused eyes, hearing her heart thundering noisily in her ears. She couldn’t understand why this man was acting this way toward her.
You don’t like me. You’re not supposed to.
She hated how he slipped into her gaps and shook her like this. She didn’t want to be shaken. Her heart pounding against her will was agonizing.
Blair drew her own conclusion about his action’s meaning.
“Do you want to do it with me?”
This man might not know much else, but he quite liked my body.
Yeah, it must be that. It had to be something simple.
Of course, it was something she’d never say sober.
Laughter vanished from Herdin’s face at her words. His gaze turned icy, just like she’d seen once before.
Herdin let out a scoff.
His wife had treated him like a lust-crazed beast since last time. But it wasn’t entirely wrong. His head was filled with filthy imaginings surrounding her, after all.
“……And if I do?”
“You said twice a month for bedding. There’s still one left, so if you want, anytime……”
In other words, if you want, I’ll gladly offer my body. Words devoid of her own feelings or will.
That attitude scraped at Herdin’s nerves. Ironically, the moment her permission dropped, his desire boiled with anticipation. Separate from the filthy mood that had plunged into the gutter moments ago.
Was there any reason to refuse a woman offering herself to him?
He desired her, she was his wife at least on the surface anyway, and she wouldn’t refuse, vowing to accept him.
His desire posed no problem. Nothing did.
Herdin led Blair into a nearby room. Blair was dragged along limply, staggering.
Herdin closed the door and pinned her between it and his body. He kissed her slender wrist, which he had grabbed, and asked.
“Is it okay here?”
As his speaking lips moved, Blair’s body trembled. Her heaving chest rose and fell with ragged breaths. Even that sight was beautiful.
As Blair blinked dazedly and slowly nodded her permission, his large hand caressed up her waist without delay.
At the same time, his lips lingered on her wrist and palm. Even the slender fingers that had fearlessly groped and teased him earlier.
Even then, his eyes never left her. As if etching every tiny reaction into his pupils.
“Ah……”
Blair unwittingly twisted her body at the feel of hot, wet flesh brushing her wrist and palm.
Just kisses on her palm and wrist made her stomach tingle. Perhaps because of his gaze that wouldn’t leave her. Her breath quickened even though he hadn’t stolen it.
As Blair floundered and grabbed his arm with her free hand, Herdin finally released her hand, pulled her waist to embrace her, and buried his lips in her snowy nape.
Pressed against him, heat emanated from their touching bodies. Blair’s nerves tensed reflexively.
Blair twisted to escape, but he tightened his arm, pressing her even closer. The more she squirmed, the more vividly she felt him.
“Herdin……”
Unclear if telling him to stop or do more.
Herdin interpreted the call as he pleased. With that desperate voice calling him, it had to be urging him on.
Herdin, who had been nibbling and tormenting the soft flesh between her nape and collarbone, swallowed her lips that had called his name.
As his hand groped down her waist, Blair twisted her body and let out moans. Strength entered her hand gripping his arm.
Every time her pained-like moans rang in his ear, sensations from their first night resurfaced. He felt like going mad with the impulse to hold her right then.
He repeatedly sucked and released her small lips, stopping only when he parted her lower lip slightly and slipped inside.
Sweet wine scent flowed through the gap between her unresisting teeth. At that moment, the filthy mood he had suppressed behind desire reared its head.
Would this woman even remember what she had said and done right now?
His head cooled like ice water had been poured over it. Separate from the desire to lay her down and sate his greed right away.
As he suddenly pulled his lips away, Blair opened her eyes.
“……Herdin?”
His figure reflected in her hazy violet pupils from the alcohol. Just looking into those eyes made him dizzy, as if he’d get drunk.
Herdin loosened his arm around her waist. Then, avoiding her eyes, he covered his own with his hand. A pained sigh leaked through his teeth hidden by the large palm.
After calming his breath and suppressing his desire for a moment, he looked at Blair and said.
“On second thought, this seems a bit unfair.”
“Unfair……?”
Even in this state, with the alcohol not fully worn off, Blair parroted his words like a parrot with her small lips.
That sight was ridiculously cute and…… her reddened lips glistening with his saliva were erotic. Damn it all.
Herdin ground his teeth and said in a low, husky voice.
“Once you sober up, you’ll forget everything that happened today.”
I want you to remember it all.
He wanted her to remember it all sober, etching the sensations he gave her into her mind.
So that even a brush of fingertips would make her think of him. So she’d instinctively react only to him.
Blair, blinking slowly up at him, slyly approached and buried her face in his chest, mumbling.
“Herdin, I’m sleepy……”
Seemingly not hearing his words. Or more accurately, unable to hear them.
Herdin scoffed in disbelief but supported her small body leaning into him.
Letting out a pained sigh, he whispered in Blair’s ear.
“……Brace yourself when you wake up.”
