188 - Chapter 188
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“Forget it. I won’t do it.”
At Lucy’s reaction, Noah tilted his head as if genuinely curious.
“Why?”
Since she was young, Lucy had followed Noah around more than Usher. Usher bought her a lot of presents, but it was Noah, not him, that Lucy would pester to play with her.
The girl, now capable of contemplating human relationships and life, stared at her brothers in turn before opening her mouth.
“Because.” “Hmm?” “?” “Noah oppa has a mean mouth, and Usher oppa has mean eyes.”
At the youngest’s blunt sincerity, the Astrid brothers fell silent as if they had made a promise. Then, they spoke at the same time.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but are you saying Usher and I are both mean?” “Is our youngest going through a turbulent adolescence?”
Lucy frowned but said what she had to say.
“If Noah oppa says everything he dislikes, Usher oppa is smiling, but I can feel it all in his eyes.”
As she said that, she pointed at Usher, who was still smiling.
“Yeah, exactly that expression. Those eyes.” “Hmm?” “Don’t pretend to be nice, Usher oppa. You actually want to say, ‘I’m bored to death,’ right?” “Really? I’m not.” “Anyway, all my friends are blind. They need to know the truth about you guys.”
At those words, Noah chuckled. Then, he pointed at Lucy’s forehead with the hand holding his glass and said teasingly.
“You’re going to get two more pimples tonight.”
Those darn pimples!! Lucy, unable to bear it any longer, was about to get angry at Noah when Usher added kindly.
“I’ll tell the doctor. I don’t know if he’ll treat you for something like that, though.” “You……!!”
The world praised and revered the two before her.
Herot’s masterpiece, with perfect looks, abilities, and even lineage! But in Lucy’s eyes, they were just pretentious and hypocritical brothers, nothing more, nothing less.
“Seriously……!! I hate you oppas the most in the world!!!” “Lucy, you should have learned not to shout in a place like this, right?” “Everyone’s getting surprised.” “Be quiet!!” “You’re the loudest.” “I’ll listen to you, so don’t get angry and tell me.”
Usher and Noah, teasing their younger sister with the same posture and expression, enjoying themselves, and Lucy, her face red, shouting back at them.
“Stop fighting! What are you doing, all grown up?!” “Margo, what on earth have you done to my daughter?”
Beatrix, unable to watch any longer, got angry, and Leonard despaired again at the scent of Margo that he kept feeling from his daughter.
“Mother!! My oppas are teasing me in turn!! They keep talking about pimples!!” “Oh, dear. Lucy, those will all disappear with time. And you two!! Don’t ever talk about pimples to Lucy again!!” “Yes, yes.” “Noah, listen carefully. I’ve never talked about pimples to Lucy.” “Look at this, Mother. My oppas aren’t repenting, you know?” “You need something to repent for.” “Everyone, stop it! It’s driving me crazy!”
Olivia looked around at the royal family, who had become her family. If she hadn’t had these people who believed in and supported her, she would never have made it this far.
Despite the commotion, a smile welled up from the bottom of her heart and formed on Olivia’s lips. It was a road she had returned to after a long journey, but she wasn’t tired just because she had returned.
Then, she met the eyes of the man who was staring at her.
Judging from his leaning posture, he probably had his long legs crossed. The sharp lines of his face contrasted with his long, broad shoulders, like the ridge of a mountain range, and his languidly raised eyes, with his chin slightly pulled in, were dangerously sensual.
Olivia was captivated by the secret and sensual eyes that desired only her. A tingling sensation spread from her solar plexus to her lower abdomen, and she felt a dizzying sensation as if heat haze was rising. Her body reacted faster than her head.
Just as she was about to blush or even feel breathless, she quickly averted her gaze, and Noah stood up from his seat.
Noah finished the remaining champagne and put the glass down on the table. Then, he looked at his father, and Leonard quickly offered him a carrot.
“If you’ve finished eating, go and rest, Olivia.”
Beatrix, who was fed up with her siblings’ fighting, also pushed the back of her coltish second son.
“Yes, go and rest.”
The moment the King and Queen’s permission was given, Noah strode towards Olivia. As soon as Olivia hurriedly got up from her seat and greeted the royal family, Noah intertwined his hand with hers.
His strong, firm palm pressed against her delicate palm, and his straight, long fingers dug between her slender branches. She felt a pulse on their touching palms, but she couldn’t tell whose pulse it was.
Noah grabbed Olivia’s hand and walked without hesitation. His whole body was boiling as if he had entered a Melting Furnace. It felt as if molten metal was melting his brain and flowing down. From the moment he hugged her after she got out of the carriage until now, he had to endure and endure.
Olivia smelling the flowers, Olivia smiling brightly.
Noah was anxious with possessiveness and monopolization.
He wouldn’t be satisfied unless only he was reflected in her intelligent, sparkling black eyes. He wanted to dig into her lips, which he had rummaged through thousands of times, and hear the delicate moans that only he knew right away.
Noah’s hand tightened.
Do you know?
How many times you appeared in my dreams during the time you weren’t here.
He had been holding back so well, but the moment he saw Olivia looking at him and then averting her gaze, the thin string of patience snapped. Olivia bit her lower lip without realizing it. Her beautiful cheeks were subtly red.
What were you thinking when you looked at me, Liv?
Noah wanted to whisper that.
The distance to the carriage was too far. In the end, Noah changed direction.
“Noah?”
Olivia called him, but Noah had no time to answer. Noah, who knew the Royal Palace’s empty rooms better than anyone, led Olivia to the nearest one. And the moment he crossed the threshold, he quickly tilted his head, grabbing the back of Olivia’s head. Even in the midst of that, he didn’t forget to close and lock the door.
As he swallowed her red and vivid lips like a blooming rose, her soft lips parted like a fruit opening. Her mouth, sweeter and softer than cream, was a blissful taste that could not be expressed by anything else in the world.
But even while intoxicated by that blissful taste, he was tormented by an unquenched thirst and an unfulfilled hunger. It was as if he had become a hungry ghost from the East.
She always shattered Noah into pieces.
Noah thought as he delved a little deeper into Olivia’s mouth.
I want to be shattered even more by you.
At the same time, I want to shatter you.
I want to see that appearance, where you and I become remnants of someone, mixed together, you as me, and me as you.
Noah looked down at Olivia, who was gradually getting wet. Her eyebrows tilted, and wrinkles formed between her brows. A feverish, rapid breath flowed between her lips.
Your sharply honed reason must be collapsing. The eyes that were flowing with intelligence would be blurred by the pleasure caused by him, and from between your teeth…….
Noah delicately unbuttoned the buttons behind Olivia’s neck with a touch as delicate as playing the piano. When he had unbuttoned about five buttons, Olivia opened her eyes, perhaps feeling the dress loosen.
“Hhh…….”
Flames soared in Noah’s eyes.
Noah lifted Olivia up in his arms.
This was one of the empty rooms that were often used as guest rooms for VIPs. The bed had a white cloth covering it to protect the mattress, but the long chaise lounge sofa did not have a cloth covering it.
He carefully laid Olivia down on the sofa. But that was the end of his careful touch.
Olivia felt like prey attacked by a lion. The man who occupied her as if he was conquering her was a beast trying to satisfy his hunger.
“Haa…….”
Olivia looked down at the man, unable to even think of pushing him away. He was always handsome, but Noah was especially handsome today. A sleek black suit that wrapped around his sturdy and firm body, contrasted with his flamboyant blond hair. A perfect outfit that could be taken to a banquet right away.
The dull heat that had spread from her lower abdomen seemed to spread like a heat haze. A tingling sensation ran through her body like lightning.
