# Chapter 77
Chapter 77
With her feet raised in the air, Cayena quickly had to hug Raphael's neck.
She could feel his anxiety keenly.
She held him tightly and opened her mouth cautiously.
“Were you surprised?
Nothing happened to the contractors.
Raphael sighed, hearing her voice, and buried his face in her neck.
The anger and regret that tried to drive him crazy gradually subsided.
Cayena was unable to hide her embarrassment caused by her actions.
But she couldn't get out of Raphael's embrace; he must have been very shocked.
“Duke?
Cayena couldn't be held like this forever.
She had to sweep the inn and take care of everything with Raphael.
Raphael sighed again when Cayena stirred in his arms.
Her skin could feel the fact that she was safe.
Blood circulated through his cold body.
Cayena had become everything to him.
He felt a terrible desire to possess her.
He even entertained the crazy thought that he wanted to confine Cayena to his village or run away with her in his arms to some foreign land.
He couldn't sit still anymore.
He couldn't be satisfied with just helping her by his side.
Raphael wanted to be hers.
And he wanted Cayena to be his.
He needed them to be perfectly joined.
He lowered his head and whispered softly into Cayena's ear.
“Your Highness makes me a bad person.
“What…
She opened her lips in confusion, but seeing Raphael's eyes, waiting patiently, she closed her mouth again.
The atmosphere was unusual.
His breathing felt strange and his skin felt like it was tingling.
Cayena was neither young nor naive.
She couldn't misinterpret this tension.
He was calmly asking her permission.
When Cayena ran her hand lightly through the hair at the back of her neck, Raphael understood the signal and stole her lips.
Cayena's body went rigid.
His breath was flowing into his mouth.
He was robust but gentle.
She could feel his deep desire in the hand that held her.
She swallowed a sigh.
Cayena had avoided confronting her emotions, but she was facing them now.
Even at this moment, she should have pushed him away.
She should have pretended to be unaware of what she had just done.
She should hit him on the cheek and yell at him for his impudence.
And still, Cayena closed her eyes.
Instead of pushing him away, she hugged his neck tighter.
Their bodies were exchanging heat.
In this silent space, there was only the sound of heavy breathing.
Raphael, who eagerly stole Cayena's breath, eventually began to treat her with more care and affection.
The woman he held in his arms was so lovely that he kissed her lips, over and over again, eager and wild.
He was not afraid that someone would find this scene.
Instead, he wanted to be seen like this and become known as the princess's man.
However, they both knew that that moment was just a dream.
The moment when they confirmed their feelings and shared their hearts with each other would soon be over.
That was why Raphael couldn't leave Cayena.
He only loosened his grip on her for brief moments to breathe before persistently chasing those lips again.
Again and again, he welcomed her.
He continued this silent conversation as if it were his last.
Cayena kissed Raphael even deeper.
He dropped it at some point, and Cayena, finally stepping to the ground, pulled Raphael's cheeks with her hands and parted his lips.
She gasped for breath.
“I can't breathe.
Cayena forced herself to frown harshly and find fault with him.
Raphael silently looked into Cayena's eyes.
It was a look that weakened his heart.
When he noticed that Cayena was wavering, he immediately connected their lips.
Enough time had passed that it would be suspicious if they didn't return.
Cayena pushed him away, but Raphael ignored her hand and tried to kiss her again.
“Stop.
Cayena kissed Raphael first to appease him.
Then, she spoke with a cold voice that contradicted that sweet act.
“I will become the empress.
Raphael silently listened to her words.
“Therefore, I cannot become your wife,” she said.
He shook his head slowly.
Cayena slowly left his embrace.
It was time to return to reality.
“Is it because the throne has some meaning to you?
Cayena's footsteps stopped.
Nessahesitation, Raphael deciphered his heart: It was revenge against Rezef.
“I'm not as good a person as you think I am.
“Raphael.
“Do as you wish.
When she turned around, Raphael held her in his arms, as if he had been waiting.
He kissed her lightly and murmured: — I will also do whatever I want.
With this declaration of war, he stole his breath once again.
Yester, who was waiting for Cayena at the Grand Theater after the audience left, wrinkled his face until he looked like a devil.
“Why did Duke Kedrey invade that place?!
— The contracted house and the gunpowder factory near the favela were attacked.
“What about the evidence?
He didn't realize he was connected to me, did he?
“As long as the members' mouths are closed, there will be nothing for him to find.
“Are they dead?
“I sent an assassin.
Yester couldn't contain his anger when he thought about the money he invested in the operation.
“How the hell did this happen?!
— He destroyed the Grand Theater suite for a while.
Finally, he took a deep breath.
“You said a member ran away, right?
The advisor lowered his head and replied: — Yes.
His name is Jedaiah.
“Let him in.
Yester walked over to a chair that hadn't been destroyed by his tantrum and sat down.
The door opened and a man in his 30s with a long scar on his left cheek entered.
Immediately, he prostrated himself to the ground in a bow.
“You said you have news about the princess?
Yester demanded.
Jedaiah briefly glanced at the messy room and opened his mouth.
“I heard her talking to someone.
They were talking about a barn that the Evans family did not report to the imperial family.
Yester exhaled a long, languid breath.
His furious expression at the disappearance of the gunpowder operation became clearer.
“A missing barn…
Yester really liked how sweet the words felt in his mouth.
“Yes.
They grow cannabis there.
The drugs were delivered to the secret club of Henverton Gillian, who kidnapped the princess the other day.
“Cannabis!
Yester immediately got up and helped Jedaiah off the ground.
If Jedaiah had been a woman, Yester would have kissed her lips immediately.
“Your name is Jedaiah, right?
You will be the manager of the new branch of the contracted house.
Yester loved capable people.
He remembered hearing a few times that Jedaiah handled the work with great care.
“Thanks.
Yester immediately called his aide and asked him to find a mansion to donate to Jedaiah.
“Wait one moment.
It shouldn't take long to find a mansion for yourself.
Yester didn't delay after making a decision.
He made his decisions quickly and executed them even faster.
Suddenly, people entered the room and cleaned up the mess in an instant.
“Take a break while the new branch is being established.
With this dispensation, Jedaiah was able to leave the suite.
Jedaiah was even more scared when everything happened as written in the letter he received.
She may be a princess, but how could she predict the situation so accurately?
“How did she know I would get a mansion in the capital?”
He couldn't understand.
Jedaiah walked around the Grand Theater for a while when he felt a strange gaze.
A short distance away, a man was looking at him.
The man changed his gaze when their eyes met.
“It looks like the person I saw in the suite before…”
He tilted his head.
He slowly started to walk again.
“There is no mistake.”
The man was watching him.
Jedaiah was about to walk over and catch the man when he heard a call.
“There you are!
—Yester's assistant, who had been ordered to make arrangements for the mansion, came to him.
“There is a mansion you can occupy immediately.
I'll take you there, so please follow me.
Jedaiah quickly looked back.
The person watching him was gone.
“Is something wrong?
“…it’s nothing.
He got into the carriage with the assistant, and they immediately left the Grand Theater.
The advisor was a happy person.
He didn't seem to realize what kind of person Jedaiah was and spoke to him as if everything was normal.
However, when the carriage stopped, he reached out to Jedaiah.
“I look forward to your support.
“… oh yes.
When they shook hands, the adjutant gave a peculiar smile, different from the one before.
“Never betray the master.
“Forgiveness?
The assistant smiledIso was friendly again and greeted him.
“So if you need anything else, I'll prepare it and send it as soon as daylight comes.
Perplexed, Jedaiah got out of the carriage.
At that moment, he saw the mansion and gulped.
They were close to the imperial castle.
In other words, the mansion was in the center of the capital.
Jedaiah began to understand the look that had followed him before and the adjutant's words.
“They suspect that I have become the princess’s spy.”
Yester didn't trust him.
Jedaiah smiled.
“Are all nobles monsters?”
It seemed like he had set foot in a dark and shadowy place that was incomparable to the world he left behind.