The Cat Who Weeps in the Dark - Chapter 90

Helion immediately climbed on top of Katie and began undoing the buttons of her shirt.

“So this is why you called me here.”

“What else would you and I have to do at night?”

“You should be sleeping, and I should be on duty!”

Katie shouted, her face burning red.

She couldn’t tell how many times her mood had swung up and down just today.

When Cheche had relayed earlier that she was to be on night duty, she had been utterly depressed. Being summoned at this hour could only mean one thing—he intended to engage in that kind of relationship. It felt like a brutal confirmation that the man still hadn’t grown tired of her.

But what awaited her in the room was a woman.

‘Pleased to meet you, my lady.’

The woman bowed politely. Katie was so flustered she even forgot to say, ‘I’m not a lady.’

‘Don’t tell me he wants to do it with three people…?’

As Katie stood frozen, the woman held out a measuring tape.

‘I’ll be taking your measurements, so please stand straight.’

Only then did Katie realize she was the head Tailor. At the same time, she remembered the partnership proposal she had forgotten about.

The shock of the kiss had sent her reeling, but the offer to be his partner had been equally staggering.

She had never heard of a crown prince appointing a guard as his partner. No—before that, the very idea of a commoner attending an imperial banquet was absurd.

Still, she felt a quiet relief. She had assumed tonight would involve that agonizing act again, but it seemed not. As Helion had said, they couldn’t measure her in front of the guards, so he must have called her to his bedroom for this. The gloom that had weighed on her all day began to melt away.

But she couldn’t have been more wrong.

Katie slumped in defeat. She hadn’t noticed earlier because she’d been sitting cross-legged, but the man was already fully e***t.

What on earth was he thinking while watching me get measured to end up like this? No—she didn’t want to know. Even if Helion told her, she had no desire to hear it.

“Just a moment, Your Highness. Ugh, ugh.”

Helion’s lips descended everywhere a button came undone. If there were only two hot things on this man’s otherwise cold body, it was his lips and the weapon between his legs.

“What do you mean, ‘just a moment’? I’ve waited long enough. How much more do you want me to endure?”

“I’m not mentally prepared yet….”

“Prepare now.”

Her shirt was completely stripped off. The man immediately took Katie’s n*****s into his mouth.

“Ahh!”

Katie cried out in surprise. It was her own voice, but the nasal sound mixed at the end was unfamiliar. How was she supposed to prepare herself when this was happening? Every time his tongue brushed against her peaks, her mind went blank, leaving her no time to collect her thoughts.

Strangely, the stimulation was overwhelming today. It had been the same earlier when Helion ran his hand down her back. A shiver ran down her spine, following the slow descent of his fingers.

He wasn’t even touching a sensitive spot, yet a moan caught in her throat. When his hand reached the cleavage of her b******s, a trickle of wetness even escaped from below.

‘Come to think of it, when was my last estrus cycle?’

Katie tried to grasp her increasingly dizzying mind, calculating the date. She had to recount several times because of the man’s swirling tongue, but eventually, she finished her calculation.

Ah. Now she understood why her body was so sensitive. Her estrus was just around the corner. Since her cycle was still irregular, she couldn’t be certain, but it was about time it started.

‘This can’t happen.’

Katie’s heart grew anxious. If her estrus was so close, she would definitely feel it.

Her body couldn’t be helped, but her mind was the problem. Hormones make not only the body but also emotions fluctuate wildly.

She had been shaken by his kiss just a few days ago. If they entwined their bodies now, the confusion she felt would only intensify.

Helion was the man she had to kill.

The reason wouldn’t be clear until the Reaper Squad arrived, so it wasn’t a confirmed mission yet… Still, there was no harm in preparing her mind in advance.

No, she had to prepare her mind. In her current state, the blade aimed at the man would clearly be dulled.

“You’re not focusing today.”

Helion bit down on her peak with his teeth and pulled.

“Ah!”

Katie arched her back, pushing her chest forward, following the stretched flesh. As he gnawed with his teeth, her stimulated n*****s hardened in his mouth. He spat out the swollen flesh, then pressed and rolled it with his tongue.

“This is more to your liking, isn’t it? If you’re bored and can’t get into it, I can be rougher.”

“Th-That’s not it… I was thinking about the partner proposal.”

“Still thinking about that? Do you think you’re not suited for the role of partner?”

Helion lifted his face from her b*****s and rubbed his cheek against her saliva-slicked n****e. It was a different sensation from when he was biting with his teeth and grinding with his tongue. Katie let out a small moan as he pressed down with his weight.