I Didn’t Know I Had Two Husbands - Chapter 45

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Elaria was quite shocked to learn that the Asiel ducal family’s true main business was an information guild. She felt she could understand why the previous Duke and Duchess had treated her kindly despite the difference in their social ranks.

If they wanted to keep the family secret, someone powerless like her would actually be more suitable.

“Now I don’t have to leave for long periods, but I mainly handle external affairs. The one who usually takes care of work inside the estate is Noctis.”

“Ah…”

So that was why, even though she thought he stayed inside the mansion, he sometimes returned with traces of dust and the scent of the outside air. It made sense, yet the fact that she had never known gave her an unconscious chill.

If they had not intentionally let things slip to reveal that there were ‘two’ of them, she would have been completely deceived like everyone else and never realized the truth. Even now, no one else suspected there were two of him. It was only natural, since even she, who knew them better than anyone, had not noticed.

The thought made her dizzy. She might be dense, but in truth, she had also failed to realize because they had deliberately kept silent and deceived her. Unlike her feelings for him, a quiet anxiety rose in the back of her mind.

‘Can I really trust them?’

“…Ria, are you alright?”

Noticing her sudden paleness at once, Lucian firmly gripped her shoulders where she sat in his arms. It was an instinctive reaction. She looked as if she might run away at any moment.

“…Yes.”

Elaria could not put her feelings into words. She understood with her head why he had needed to deceive her as well, but her heart did not follow.

Even if they had told her from the beginning, she would have kept silent. She had never once spoken carelessly to anyone about even the smallest things related to them. Even when she was bullied because of it, she had kept her mouth shut like it was locked.

What should she call this feeling?

Betrayal? Disappointment?

Whatever it was, she could not ignore the fact that, for the first time, she felt something negative toward them.

“Ria, if there’s anything you want to say, I want you to tell me everything.”

For some reason, even hearing him call her by her nickname suddenly irritated her. Just a moment ago, she had felt like she had the whole world…

Even though it was her own heart, she could not stop it from changing so capriciously.

“No… it’s fine, Lucian… I just… I’d like some time to sort out my thoughts.”

Feeling as if Elaria were suddenly pulling away, Lucian drew her closer by the shoulders he was holding.

“Ah, Lucian.”

Nearly burying her nose against his chest, Elaria looked up at him in confusion. His eyes, which had been gentle all along, had hardened cold.

His voice, just as cold, fell over her.

“Don’t forget, Ria. From the beginning, you knew us.”

“What do you mean…”

“You liked us.”

“……!”

At the word ‘us’, Elaria was left speechless. Of course, she had distinguished between the gentle Lucian and the cold Lucian, but she had never imagined they were truly different people.

Yet he was saying she had known from the beginning.

Lucian continued in an agitated voice.

“If that’s the case, why are you still trying to pull away? You said you could trust us!”

At his outburst, she could only lift her head awkwardly. It felt as if she were bound by the red eyes fixed on her.

“Why do you always take a step back…”

Murmuring painfully, he pulled her completely onto his embrace. Holding her upper body tightly, he lifted the hem of her negligee.

“L-Lucian!”

Suppressing her struggles easily, he untied the strings of her undergarments and immediately opened the front of his trousers. It had already hardened the moment he saw her, and his e***t length sprang free.

Grasping the shaft, he rubbed the tip between her parted outer folds. That alone made her quickly grow wet. Soon, slick, obscene sounds began to echo.

“Ah, mm…”

He pressed the tip against the dampening entrance, probing. Finding her opening with practiced ease, he lifted his hips and pushed inside. At the same time, he whispered in a low, sunken voice.

“Do you still not understand? You can’t step back anymore. Behind you is a cliff.”

I made it that way. No, we had made it that way. So that you would have nowhere left to run, Elaria.

The only one who did not realize that was her.

“Ah!”

His length slid in, spreading her inner walls. Thick and long, it pushed its way inside easily. Entering without resistance, it drove deep and struck firmly against her deepest place.

“Ah…!”

He skillfully drew out her pleasure. Pressing the tip against her deepest point, he rubbed slowly. Each time that sensitive place was pressed, her inner walls tightened mercilessly around the solid length.