Chapter 28 (2/2)

But, why couldn’t he leave her side and went as far to personally take care of her?

To solve this unanswered question, Rafael locked himself up in his room and drank alcohol on purpose. However, he eventually came back to her bedroom in an intoxicated state. There was an anxiety that he felt whenever he wasn’t near Annette. He couldn’t even explain it himself, but he couldn’t bear not being around her because he thought Annette would suddenly stop breathing if he was not there.

He himself didn’t know what the hell he was thinking. Looking at the unfortunate Bavarian woman, who looked so pretty, he thought he was going crazy.

‘Well, she is truly very pretty.’

Rafael’s deep blue eyes glanced over Annette’s face. Even though she hadn’t washed her face for two days, she still looked so pretty that he felt ashamed of himself. Before she got married to him, she was considered one of the best bride candidates in the Deltium’s high society, so he didn’t know whether he was worthy of her.

Yes, it was all because of that little wicked face of Annette. That Bavarian woman had a needlessly pretty appearance, so it must be a mistake that she ended up with a jerk like him.

Rafael grinded his teeth and looked down at Annette with bloody eyes. Maybe she felt a sense of crisis while she was asleep, but Annette frowned, making her forehead wrinkle. She then groaned a little in pain.

“Uh…”

Her lips, which were too red for her white face, parted a little. Rafael felt awkward and a little irritated at seeing Annette sleeping comfortably with her mouth wide open, oblivious to all his troubles.  Frowning, he reached out and touched her luscious lips.

Then Annette suddenly closed her lips and gently sucked the tip of his index finger. She seemed to be dreaming of eating something. Her soft lips, like petals, wrapped around his finger, and her small moist tongue moved around as if she was sucking a candy. The texture of her little tongue felt on his sensitive fingertip was so hot and sweet that he thought he would go crazy.

Rafael became stiff and looked down at the face of Annette, who was sucking his finger. Her lips were stretched and her face looked very innocent. Seeing her pretty lips devour his finger, he wanted to put something other than his finger in there.

Suddenly, his lower body became stiff.  Rafael was startled as if he had been burned. He hurriedly took his finger out of Annette’s mouth and then immediately ran out of her bedroom. Swear words flowed out of Rafael’s distorted mouth. He couldn’t understand the sudden anger that he felt. But it was clear to him that one day, that desolate woman, Annette Bavaria would creep into his heart and set it on fire.

Annette’s head was blank. She felt like she ate something delicious in her dream. Annette groaned and lifted her heavy eyelids. The  bright afternoon sunlight blinded her eyes. Because of this, Annette’s eyesight returned only after blinking for three or four times.

The first thing that caught her eye was the familiar view of her room. Annette woke up and looked dazedly at the small dust particles floating in the air. Her hearing recovered only one step later than her sight and a strange sound flowed into Annette’s ears.

It’s just…

It was a small sound of something metallic hitting regularly. Annette lifted her head and looked up in the direction of the sound. Surprisingly, she found Rafael sitting there.

Rafael, with a strangely dissatisfied expression, looked very cold and sharp. He was sitting awkwardly in a cream-colored chair that was much smaller than his size. Annette stared at him blankly, wondering why he was sitting there.

With something in his hand, Rafael was making this strange noise by hitting it against the bedside table with a bored expression. Annette lifted her eyes to see the object in Rafael’s hand, and was startled when she saw what it really was.

‘That ring…..!’

It was the ring that Annette received from Railin, the leader of the smuggling guild. She was sure she had hid it in a drawer, but she couldn’t understand how it ended up in Rafael’s hands. A surprised Annette, reflexively raised her upper body. Rafael, who sensed her movements, turned his head.

“Good. You woke up just in time.”

Rafael with a stiff face raised his body and got up from the chair.