What I Gained by Giving My Body - Chapter 2.15

“Ah, it’s right here. And wear this for the underwear.”

Since it was common to wear underwear custom-made for a dress, Caitlyn without much thought took the chemise the owner handed her—which was in a form that barely covered the upper body—and went into the dressing room. Calling it a dressing room, it was a small back room between the display cases. It was a place that would be full with even two people, so Caitlyn had to change her clothes quite carefully.

Fortunately, there were shelves for hanging or storing clothes on every wall, so there was no big problem with the act of changing itself. The real problem was the clothes. The mirror attached to the wall showed Caitlyn’s appearance graphically. Unlike the other clothes, the high-quality satin that wasn’t see-through wrapped around her body softly. However, there was much less fabric covering her b*****s than expected; it was at a position where it barely covered the n*****s.

And what about the lower body? Because the thigh area was completely slit, her legs were fully visible even without lifting the skirt. Caitlyn swallowed hard. Just as she was thinking that even mesh in a form that covered the whole body would be better, she heard the owner’s voice from outside.

“Shall I help you, guest?”

“I’m fine!”

Caitlyn quickly shouted. It was better to buy it as quickly as possible and go home rather than picking another outfit and changing again.

“I’m all dressed. It fits perfectly, so I think I can just take it as it is. I’ll change and come back out.”

“Without even showing your fiancé?”

“…….”

Caitlyn couldn’t answer for quite a long time. It was because she had no words to use as an excuse not to show him. Naturally, Roxias Akbar didn’t miss that opportunity.

“My fiancée is modest and very shy. I hope you’ll understand.”

No matter how one looked at it, it wasn’t an outfit a modest woman would wear. No, in the first place, it wasn’t even a shop she would set foot in. Above all, Caitlyn Hardick was far from modest. Since she had immediately jumped at the offer to treat her younger brother if she got her power back.

So that was nothing more than an open mockery of her. At least Caitlyn thought so. Until Roxias Akbar opened the door and entered without any warning.

“……!”

A short silence passed. Because Caitlyn momentarily lost her words. And Roxias Akbar…… because he was scanning her thoroughly with a persistent gaze. Caitlyn tried to turn her body, but she couldn’t bring herself to do so upon realizing that her back was as exposed as her front.

Her b*****s were at least an area everyone showed, but her back, which would never be visible unless she took off her clothes, felt even more intimate than her b*****s.

“I see why you didn’t want to show me. It doesn’t suit you at all.”

Caitlyn looked at him with surprised eyes. She thought he would fully utilize the fact that she was wearing clothes she didn’t want in order to mock her, but it was unexpected that he was trying to end the situation quickly instead.

“It would be better to take it off immediately.”

Caitlyn swallowed hard. She…… sort of understood. Roxias Akbar had been shaken by seeing her in these clothes. And he was telling her to change quickly to hide that fact. In other words, it was an opportunity—an opportunity for her to take the initiative, not the Archduke. Caitlyn knew that when an opportunity came, she had to seize it.

“Your Grace…….”

Instead of taking off the clothes, she slowly pressed her body toward Archduke Akbar. She wouldn’t have acted this urgently if it were someone else. But the opponent was Roxias Akbar. He was a man whose future she couldn’t see at all. Instead of believing in and following the future, to seize the immediate present, one must throw their whole body into it.

“You said it would be better to take it off immediately.”

“…….”

“You take it off me, Your Grace.”

Caitlyn licked her lips and looked up at Archduke Akbar. It definitely had an effect. Because a man’s lust was rising like a fire in his deep golden eyes. She stood on her tiptoes and slowly offered her moist lips, but she didn’t succeed in the kiss. It was because she was suddenly shoved against the wall.

It worked! Joy welled up. She was able to have another encounter like this. But Archduke Akbar completely betrayed her expectations. After looking down at Caitlyn with a gaze whose intentions were completely unreadable, he slammed the door shut and walked outside.

“…….”

Caitlyn gnawed on her lip. Why? Why did he suddenly reject her?