Semua Bab My Mate Chose My Best Friend, So His Uncle Claimed Me: Bab 11 - Bab 20

My body was instantly set on fire with his fierce kiss, hungrily taking me just to seal our deal. I thought that I would push him away because this was insolence, but I was surprised by myself when I returned his kiss with the same intensity.It was like... I had been eager to feel his lips on me again.My hands even fisted against his chest while his mouth devoured me as if he was taking my soul without a warning. It felt like I was paying my soul in advance for our agreement and would reap my benefits soon.His tongue sought entrance in my mouth, demanding more, tasting me, and binding me to his torrid kiss. It was hard to deny his invitation. I would burn for this man with the way he was kissing me as if I had been his all this time. Mixed emotions were roaring and colliding inside until I could barely tell them from one another. I had never felt this for Redmund when we were exchanging kisses, only this man... I could have sworn that only this man could make my knees weak without

"Ms. Euphyllia, come and visit us every Friday, please?" Cerys said as she helped me bring my things to my new workplace.Her voice sounded cheerful, but the way she was clinging to my arm made my chest tighten. Even though she already accepted that the records hall wouldn't be my workplace anymore, we both knew that it had been my second home, and leaving it felt like abandoning a part of myself. A small smile crept onto my lips while adjusting the box I was carrying. "Every Friday, I promise," I reminded her, though a pang of uncertainty bloomed in my chest.Because I was well aware that Lucretius didn't stay at the headquarters and mostly went out to do some missions in the field since he was a strategic commander. I wasn't briefed yet on how things would go on my end, like I should be staying in my workplace most of the time to handle some of his affairs while he was away or anything. But good thing he told me from our last meeting that his second-in-command, Lieutenant Commander

In all my past lives before this one, I had never felt such satisfaction burning in my chest. Never had I experienced a happy ending, and I always ended up in a situation where people I loved betrayed me. And yet here, in this moment, watching Redmund silenced under Lucretius' words, for the first time in my life, I finally tasted a victory my soul had been denied in every past life.It was strange yet almost intoxicating. I couldn't believe that I was able to change the course of my life just because of this man, an anomaly I could call, who had been such a great help to me.Vengeance...I could barely remember if I had done that during those lives I had been betrayed. I never reclaimed something I had lost. My dignity... My place... My strength... I lost them countless times.If I recall, all I did was accept my defeat, never had an urge to stand on my own. In short, I was a coward.As we were on our way to the carriage, my thoughts lingered on that satisfaction until Lucretius' vo

Rosemarie clicked her tongue as she tugged at the measuring tape, circling it around my waist. "Oh, would you look at this?" Her eyes lit up, looking at the measure and at me. "A figure like yours is a tailor's dream! Not too thin, not too broad, and those curves... Oh, Moon Goddess! You'll make even silk jealous," she said while her assistant was writing the measurements. She spread her hands as if something had made her feel delighted. "I swear, when you step into Lord Lucretius' birthday ball, half the women will cry, and the other half will faint!"I scratched the back of my head, heat climbing my neck. "You exaggerate..." I couldn't believe that I was having a conversation with someone who was considered the most prominent seamstress in the capital. Only those respected nobles and royals could be able to set an appointment with her, given how she made the clothing so artistic according to her client's taste."Exaggerate? Ha! I am telling you the truth, darling. You've got the ki

"Investigation, you say?" Lucretius's eyes gleamed as if my request had stirred curiosity within him. His thumb traced slow circles along my waist, feeling ticklish from his touch as silence enveloped us.My senses heightened every time he would do that to me. I felt something sparkling that coursed through my body, and it was hard to lie that it didn't affect me."Into what, my little soldier?" His lips curled in a half-smile, but his gaze cut straight through me. "Or perhaps..." His voice lowered, his expression slightly darkened. "...into who?"My throat tightened. Why did it feel like that last question made him look unhappy? Or was it just my imagination?"I need you to gather some information about the deceased people whose name is Euphyllia or Elixane."Mentioning my name felt like they were strictly forbidden. For the first time since I had known him, Lucretius's expression shifted, not from mockery, indulgence, but something different.Disbelief? Hilarious?"That's... rather