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Light purple petals twirled in the blue sky.

Upon looking up, she saw a sharp chin.

—Oh, this must be a dream…

Nevertheless, Louisa was enraptured.

The sight was precious to her.

After all, the moment when she got to snuggle in arms of the man she loved the most in this world—Gaius—and looked up at his face while pretending to take a look at the lilac tree was the most dear to her.

To her, it was both the happiest and the safest place in the world.

“Gaius.”

When she uttered his name, he looked down at her.

His silver eyes, which was usually frosty, had a tinge of gentle sweetness when they looked at her.

Wanting to immerse herself in it, she called him over and over again. Instead of finding her annoying, Gaius always responded properly.

“Louisa.”

He’d always call her name in that high-pitched, boyish voice of his. That alone made her heart skip a beat.

“I love you, Gaius. Stay with me forever.”

The reason why she involuntarily made such a request was because of their past separation. The lonely and painful days when she wanted to see him, but couldn’t. No matter how happy she was afterward, she still couldn’t erase the pain.

In reality, Gaius wanted to see her just as strongly.

Louisa would never forget what he did to get her back.

“Louisa.”

This time, his voice sounded huskier.

When she blinked, the person in front of her was a boy no longer, but an adult. His cute, round face had turned into that of a dauntless beauty.

He smiled at her.

“I love you, Louisa.”

As he whispered passionately, his beautiful face descended upon her. Thinking that he wanted to kiss her, Louisa closed her eyes.

“—Kyaaa!”

Louisa was awakened by her own scream. Then, upon seeing the handsome face of her husband right in front of her, she screamed once more.

“—Kyaaaaa!”

“Good morning, Louisa.”

Gaius greeted her with a smile, ignoring her previous screams.

Contrary to that calm tone was the layer of sweat on his forehead—

—no, that wasn’t all.

Louisa shifted her gaze to another place. The first thing that caught her eyes was her husband’s nakedness. While she was already familiar with his toned, muscular body, she didn’t know where her nightgown had disappeared to…

But Louisa didn’t ask him. Gaius was good at twisting her words. Depending on her phrasing, he might devour her before she could ask him anything.

Pursing her lips, Louisa lowered her gaze, only to scream in the next moment.

“W-what the hell are you doing—!?”

When she came to, her legs were already spread, while her husband was about to insert his cock inside her.

…Again, where did her nightgown go?

“W, w, what’s going on…!? I, wasn’t I sleeping alone…!?”

Louisa screamed in confusion.

Indeed, she should’ve slept in her private chamber, and not the couple’s bedroom.

In the castle of Valentia, in addition to the couple’s bedroom and a master bedroom, there were separate bedrooms for the husband and wife. Ever since the day of her marriage, she’d always sleep in the same bed as Gaius, so she thought it’d be nice to sleep alone once in a while.

Louisa was preoccupied with her obligations as the duchess, but Gaius was even more so. Despite that, he never neglected his duties as a husband. Hence why she wanted to give him a moment of respite.

Gaius also needs a day off…

Thus, Louisa went to sleep in a different room.

But when she woke up, they were in the middle of doing it…

To Louisa, who was confused, Gaius spoke with a refreshing smile.

“Last night, when I went to bed, you were nowhere to be found.”

“Oh, that’s because—hyaa!”

When Louisa was about to ask the reason behind his action, he wordlessly moved his hips, eliciting a moan from her.

Smiling as usual, Gaius spread her legs apart and pounded her violently.

“I thought you escaped again, and I almost woke up the guard.”

“—Aah, ah, ah, no, too intense, too much—aah!”

“If your lady-in-waiting hadn’t told me that you were sleeping in a different room, we might all be in trouble right now.”

“—I, ah, G-Gaius…!”

While his tone was gentle, his movements were anything but.

He rapidly thrusted into her, assaulting the innermost part of her at different angles.

“That’s no good, Louisa. You already know I’ll go crazy if you try to escape.”

“I, try to escape? That’s, ah…”

She tried to explain, but Gaius wouldn’t stop. If anything, he started playing with her nipples, tormenting them with his fingers. She was penetrated, while her sensitive nipples were being teased. Louisa almost went crazy due to the pleasure.

…Why did he think I was going to escape?

 It’d been two years since they got married.

She agreed to the marriage because she loved him. Gaius, of all people, should know that.

“What? You weren’t going to escape? But you did back then.”

Gaius was talking about when she was under house arrest in Ballad. But at that time, she knew nothing about the situation, She was just doing her best to prevent war from breaking out!

“That’s—!”

“I don’t care why you did it. All you have to understand is that you should never try to run away from me. Now you know what would happen if you did.”

Gaius chuckled.

—I’ll hit him later!

Of course, she’d also treat him to an hour-long sermon.

Louisa knew Gaius didn’t actually believe she’d run away. Moreover, she also knew that her husband was crazy when it came to her.

Gaius believed that Louisa loved him dearly, and that the two were destined to be together, more than anyone else.

He couldn’t tolerate the thought of her leaving him, hence why he did this. Even if it was just a brief separation—sleeping in another bed for one night.

Even if she was aware of all that, her body—which had been ruined by the pleasure he subjected her to—had caved against her will.

“Come on, Louisa. Love me.”

Gaius whispered sweetly like a devil, holding Louisa in his arms and speeding up his rhythm.

“Ah, aah, ahn, uuh, uhn—”

When his thick rod intensely scraped her inside, she almost couldn’t breathe. Then, as if to swallow her moans, Gaius sealed her lips with his.

Her vision began to blur.

Against her stubbornness, her pitiful honeypot hungrily tightened around him as Gaius whispered his ardent love for her.

“Louisa… I love you.”

Overwhelmed with pleasure, Louisa was lost in ecstasy.

—The next morning, two red handprints of the Duchess of Valentia were visible on the Duke of Valentia’s face.