“…… Huuh.”

An unbearable groan escaped from between her gaping lips. His cold touch barely brushed her chest, but Azela couldn’t stand it. It wasn’t the first time someone’s hand touched her body. And yet, this time she spent with him was always new to Azela.

“Shh,”

Zagnac let out a small sound, and he buried his lips in Azela’s neck. His lips were hot as he sucked hard. He slid gently down Azela’s chest, like a snake. Her chest, like a ripe fruit, not small but not too big, was swallowed up by Zagnac at once. Azela felt her own chest stiffen and tilted her head back. She obviously thought she wouldn’t react. But suddenly, her head went blank and nothing came to mind.

Azela bit her lower lip hard. If she didn’t bite her lip, it seemed that she would say she wanted him would come out without her realizing it. Her reddened body was unwittingly wanting a stronger stimulation. Azela put her hand on Zagnac’s black hair as he descended under her.

“Huhh…… Za, Zagnac…….”

There was no shame in the sound of sobbing and moans. Azela wanted Zagnac. Still, he was relaxed. His long fingers descended from her chest, past her navel, stroking her side and clenching her hips hard. Azela felt the strength draining away from her clenched legs as he gripped her tightly. Zagnac didn’t miss the moment, he moved his hand between Azela’s gaping legs.

“Azela…….”

Contrary to his usual playful childlike appearance, Zagnac at night has always grown up like this. With a low breath, he called out Azela’s name softly. The dark purple eyes looked at Azela, who had lost her gaze, then turned to between her legs. His long, beautiful fingers gently pierced Azela’s insides. Zagnac’s fingers, which she had always felt cold, were hot. As his fingers swam softly inside her, Azela grabbed the bedsheet and squeezed it tightly as if she was about to lose her mind.

She couldn’t even tell if she had her eyes open or closed now. It must have been her bedroom here, but the moon and stars seemed to be visible from the ceiling. A soft, squeaky, rubbing sound filled the bedroom with a heavy moaning sound.

“Za, Zagnac…… please…… Haahk!”

Azela unconsciously lifted her waist towards the sky and she called out his name. It was difficult to satisfy her burning body with just the fingers. Zagnac, who saw Azela like that, spit out a small cursing as if he couldn’t stand it any longer. Then he carefully pulled his fingers off and hurriedly threw his own trousers. In Azela’s hazy gaze, she saw his center, which rose sharply. Zagnac grabbed Azela’s waist and pulled her closer to him, and he pushed himself firmly into her.

“Huh…… Azela.”

The hot manhood rushed into her as he lowered his upper body and called Azela’s name. Beads of sweat dripped down Azela’s forehead. Azela wrapped around Zagnac tightly with her two legs, wondering that he might escape with the scorching heat that filled her inside.

“If you tighten it like that…… Ugh.”

As if that was a stimulus, Zagnac threw out the gentle movement he had been holding back and started to react violently while holding Azela’s waist. Beads of sweat ran down Azela’s chest and stomach from Zagnac’s shaking hair. Azela couldn’t come to her senses in the center of his thick manhood that repeatedly came in and out as if scratching inside her. There were no more thoughts in her shaking head.

It didn’t matter who he was. She just wanted to be in his arms like this for a few days.

“More…… more……!”

She didn’t even know what was coming out of her gaping lips. At Azela’s squeezing, Zagnac pushed into her faster and harder. She felt him grow bigger and bigger inside her. She wondered if her insides would burst like this, but she wasn’t worried. The sweetness of pleasure was stronger than that of worry. He moved coolly, as if scratching her ticklish inside.

He couldn’t control himself, so he lowered his upper body and looked for Azela’s gaping lips. She didn’t know if this hot breath was her own, or if he was exhaling. The tangled tongues lusted after each other, no matter who they were.

So sweet. His breath was sweet, his sweat was sweet, he was sweet as he swelled in her, and everything he spit out was sweet. In the extreme excitement as if she was about to lose her mind, Azela tightened her lower belly and bit him hard. As if she didn’t want him to get away from her.

“Uugh……!”

At the same time, Zagnac’s movements became a little more intense. Azela grabbed his arm tightly as he made a strong push on her. A small vein of excitement grew on Zagnac’s arm, which has firmly positioned muscles. And as it was, she felt something hot spraying strongly inside her, and Zagnac fell on Azela.

“Haa…… Haa…….”

There was only the sound of hot breathing. Azalea closed her eyes and opened it to see the ceiling of the bedroom and Zagnac’s black hair soaked in pleasure. He was still trembling inside her. She didn’t know if the pounding of the heart was his or her.

Azela turned her head and looked out the window. It was a dark night, and the moon and stars were not visible at all.

***

She had a fiery love. The process of men and women falling in love is similar, but Daniel and her were more difficult than others to achieve that love, so she believed that it was even more special.

Daniel whispered that he loved her for the rest of his life, and she had no doubt that it would never change. They were as hot as being thrown into the middle of a burning furnace. Him and her were like the male and female leads in a famous book, and it seemed as if this world was a big stage prepared for her.

But…….

​

“Hello. My name is ‘Sylvia,’ who will be living in this mansion from today.”

​

That was entirely her own misunderstanding. The story behind the book, which ended with ‘I lived a happy life,’ continued to flow.

***

“Let’s get divorce, us.”

Azela pulled out the papers she had folded in her bag and held it out. She put a lot of strength in her face to keep her lips trembling from the tension.

It must have been the moment he always wanted, but when he faced this situation, Daniel was stunned. With a bewildered expression, he looked at Azela, who had a hard expression on her face, and the divorce papers in her hand.

“What are you doing? Take it. My hand hurts.”

“…… Uh, right.”

​

With his shiny golden hair twinkling, Daniel took the document in Azela’s hand. It was fascinating yet strange to see that the years that would have been long if they were long and short if they were short, can be summarized on a few sheets of paper. Azela, who was now looking at the paper that had left her hand, turned her head to look at Sylvia, who was sitting next to him with a stern expression on her face.

Sylvia put her hand on her stomach, whether it was to show Azela on purpose or to tease her. She burst into laughter as she smiled a victor’s smile.

“…… How many months is it?”

​

When Azela asked, Daniel, who was looking at the documents with a complicated expression, exclaimed, ‘Oh,’ and avoided her gaze. Still, it seemed that the last remorse remained in him, and he kept his lips shut without answering.

​

“It’s been three months, you can’t tell yet?”

​

It was Sylvia who answered Azela’s question. She answered in a cute voice and smiled as she drew the elegant smile to her lips. As if she was the Countess.

In the end, it was Silvia who was left with Daniel. The beginning was with Azela, but this man’s end was with someone other than her. Azela took her eyes off Sylvia’s stomach and stared at Daniel, who was still looking at the papers with a complicated expression.

​

“I can’t even say congratulations. You understand, right?”

​

At Azela’s words, Daniel frowned without saying a word. Azela, not knowing the meaning of that expression, stared at Daniel for a long time. Did he want her to wish him congratulations? She let out a smirk.

He is a bad person and an ugly person to Azela until the very end. Azela gave a meaningless smile and picked up the bag she had placed next to her.

A small, shabby bag that could be carried with one hand… That was all the luggage Azela had.

It’s been a few years since she lived at the Count’s mansion, but this is the only thing she’s going to take with her. That was really funny.

It’s been a few years since she lived at the Count’s mansion, but this is the only thing she’s going to take with her. That was really funny.

Azela lifted her head and looked around the mansion, which had been stained with her hands, and never to be seen again. Now was the time to say goodbye. With light steps, she turned her body toward the front door and started walking.

“If you go out…….”

After walking three steps, Daniel’s urgent voice grabbed her from behind. Of course, she could have moved forward without stopping, ignoring him, but Azela stopped staggeringly at the sound of his voice.

“Where do you plan to go when you leave?”

“…… Well, I’m no longer the Countess, so I can go anywhere.”

There was no further reply to the cold tone of words that were spit out. It was just that question. Daniel did not stop Azela. That bitter reality touched her deeply. He and Azela, who loved each other as if they were on fire, were now like cold scrap metal that had cooled hard.

Like the main characters in the book, they overcame hardships and adversity, and supported and loved each other even in the midst of severe storms. In the end, happiness was in her hands, but the true end was ruin.

“I’m fine.”

Azela ripped open her complicated heart, leaving her final goodbyes and raising her head to look in front of her. And then she took her paused steps away.

As she opened the tightly closed front door, the figure of a man standing with arms crossed leaning against the pillar in front caught her eye. He was stained black all over, as if he had been born in the pitch-black darkness.

As Azela came out, he drew closer to her and looked up at her slyly, knelt down on one of his knees. He then gladly kissed the back of her left hand, wearing black lace gloves.

“Welcome, my Azela.”

At the soft, sweet low-pitched voice, Daniel made a vain laugh as if stunned. Azela’s heart thumped at the sound of laughter that seemed to laugh at herself.

As if noticing Azela’s feelings, he tightened the grip on her hands. It’s like saying, ‘I’m here.’

“Let’s go.”

​

Azela gently closed her trembling eyelashes and bit her lip. Now, it was really a farewell to this damn ‘Todd family’ forever.

When she spoke with a strong force on her neck so that her voice did not tremble, the man looked up at Azela with a dazed expression and smiled as he drew a half-moon curve around his lips.

“Wa, wait.”

Daniel, who had been staring at Azela with a puzzled expression, hurriedly called her again. It was a voice of disbelief.

“Why, why is the Duke here? …… no. Are, are you two going to go together now?”

Azela hardened her expression at the sound of Daniel’s voice that had a hint of embarrassment, and turned only her upper body to look at him. Daniel had a bewildered expression on his face, and Sylvia, who was next to him, was standing there with an angry face for some reason. Even with her hand on her stomach removed.

A man who she once loved with everything she had. The person who she wanted to take out her heart and hold it in his hand if she could give it to him. Such a man who presented only loss and death to her.

​

“Daniel. It’s not your business anymore. Because you and I are strangers.”

“My, my God.”

“Please, live happily ever after with Sylvia and your child.”

As Azela turned her upper body again, the Duke, who was on his knees, stood up. The two held each other’s hands, and he treated Azela very carefully, like a feather blown away by the wind.

When she got on the carriage she had prepared in advance, Daniel’s crumpled face caught her eye.

The story is not over yet. The story behind ‘We got married and lived happily ever after’ was only just beginning.

***

The door to the bedroom, which had been tightly closed all day, was opened only in the night when the moonlight flickered. Azela lifted her head and saw the face she had longed to see, Daniel, standing in front of the door with a hard expression on his face.

“Daniel.”

Rarely did he find Azela like this.

His shiny golden hair was shining brighter in the moonlight, and his green eyes, as if planted by nature, put her mind at ease. His soft chin line, soft eyes, and his soft overall impression were some of the reasons Azela loved him.

Seeing him like that made her heart soft, relaxed, and happy.

A bright smile was drawn on the corner of Azela’s lips as she looked at Daniel. But that didn’t last long.

“What the hell did you say?”

“…… Yes?”

Annoyance appeared on Daniel’s face. He ruffled his well-groomed hair and walked towards Azela’s face with thumping footsteps. Azela, not knowing the meaning of what he was saying, looked blankly at Daniel who was approaching her.

Green eyes, which had given her comfort, suddenly turned cold, and his soft eyes became cold as the days went by.

“Literally. I said, what did you say to Sylvia?”

Sylvia. Azela’s shoulders drooped unknowingly when a name she didn’t want to hear came out of his mouth. At least in her bedroom, she didn’t want to hear Daniel call that name.

The despondent Azela lowered her gaze and said in a somber voice.

“I didn’t do anything. I haven’t even left this bedroom today.”

“Lies. If nothing happened, there would be no way Sylvia would be crying so sadly.”

A smirk hung over Daniel’s lips. There was no doubt in his gaze, only certainty. He didn’t even seem to believe it when Azela told him it wasn’t her.

“You have no intention of believing me even if I said no.…… I really didn’t go out of this bedroom today. If you don’t believe it, you can ask the other employees and they will find out.”

“Everyone must’ve shut their lips. All the employees of this mansion are on your side, and they hate Sylvia.”

He was going through the mountains and he was caught by a bandit and he saved Sylvia, who almost suffered the same thing. It was their first meeting. Since Daniel was a righteous man, he certainly couldn’t have left her alone. After losing her parents and having no place to go after losing her sister, Sylvia was trying to get to the city safely.

After spending a cold night crossing a rough mountain and with only each other’s arms to rely on, the two became closer, and Daniel forgot Azela and filled his heart with Sylvia.

So he brought Sylvia to the mansion, gave her a room next to Azela’s bedroom, and even set aside servants for her.

Azalea had no right to stop him as mistresses were implicitly permitted to the nobles. That didn’t mean Azela was going to do nothing, though. So while Sylvia settled in the mansion, she too clung to Daniel. She brought out the memories of their past when he loved her, and also expressed her anger.

But the only thing that came back was his cold gaze. In the end, Azela had nothing else to do but looked at it.

“I can’t say I didn’t do something just because I didn’t want to be suspicious of, Daniel. You know me best. I’m not going to lie that I didn’t do something.”

“…….”

Daniel wrinkled his face at Azela’s remarks. Then, with a hardened expression, he stepped forward to Azela, grabbed her wrist tightly, and threw her straight onto the bed. She was startled by his sudden action, but soon Azela only closed her trembling eyes at the sight of Daniel climbing over her wildly.

She couldn’t stop him, no matter what he did, she couldn’t deny his actions because she was his wife. As Daniel ripped the dress off Azela, she couldn’t do anything but grip the bed sheets tightly. Her hands trembled at the fear, and her tears seemed to flow. But Daniel, who was tearing the front of the dress, did nothing.

In the silent bedroom, Azela gently opened her closed eyes. He was still looking down, crushing her from above. A cold wind blew through the torn dress, making her heart ache. Daniel, who was looking down at her, suddenly burst out laughing. Seeing his sudden laughter, Azela tilted her head. It certainly wasn’t a laugh out of excitement. It was much closer to a laugh of ridicule rather than a happy laugh.

“Oh, that’s right.”

After laughing for a while, Daniel nodded, wiping the tears from her eyes with his finger. Azela didn’t say anything, she just stared at him still.

“That’s right. Azela, unlike Sylvia, you were such a dry and uninteresting woman. I forgot for a moment.”

“!”

At the words of ‘unlike Sylvia’, Azela’s cool and refreshing blue eyes shook. No matter what he usually said, she was confident in managing her facial expressions, but she couldn’t do that at all. But, as if not seeing Azela’s wounded expression, Daniel continued his words.

“Never hurt Sylvia again.”

“…….”