“Did it hurt?”
It burned a little, but she shook her head.
He sighed in relief and kissed your temple, the intimate gesture making your heart swell.
She didn't expect to feel this way.
I anticipated pain and emptiness, the bitter feeling of violation“but none of that had happened.
"Am I hurting you?
One moment."
Riftan stood up and slowly withdrew.
She felt something viscous leaking inside her, making her step back and bring her legs together.
Riftan held her firmly.
“R-Riftan…!”
"Be still.
You must be tired.
Let me clean you up."
Riftan pulled the basin closer and wrung out a damp towel before bringing it between his legs.
She felt the cold towel gently cleaning the juncture of her thighs.
“Are you sure it doesn’t hurt?”
“D-It doesn’t hurt.”
Pain was the least of her problems“she was turning red as a tomato.
But Riftan didn't seem to notice and continued to clean her crotch carefully before moving on to his.
She avoided his eyes and grabbed the blanket to cover herself, earning an amused grunt from him.
“You’ll soon get used to it.”
With that, Riftan threw himself down beside her.
Maxi brought her legs together in alarm.
Unfazed, Riftan moved to the center of the spacious bed and pulled her to his side with practical grace.
Pressed so close to his sweaty body, she squirmed.
“R-Riftan…”
“If you keep squirming like that, I’m going to assume you haven’t had enough.”
It wasn't an empty threat“she could feel him stiffen against her belly.
She froze.
Riftan casually slid an arm under her head to pull her closer, then covered their bodies with the blanket.
He ran his fingers through his hair and closed his eyes.
Maxi realized he intended to sleep next to her.
“R-Riftan…”
“What was it?”
Riftan acted as if sleeping together naked was the natural order of things.
Not knowing where to look, Maxi swallowed what she wanted to say and only managed to whisper hesitantly.
“G-Good evening.”
He must have fallen asleep, because he didn't respond.
Observing the pulsing pulse in his robust neck, Maxi eventually fell asleep.
Maxi woke up with something pressing on his chest.
Feeling suffocated, she opened her confused eyes to a tanned, muscular arm blocking her view.
She lifted her head slightly to see Riftan sound asleep with his head buried in her hair.
Memories of the night before came rushing back.
She blushed.
Under the blanket, they were in a naked embrace, their long, strong legs entwined with hers.
His arms hugged her tightly as if she were a pillow.
Maxi had never known such a passionate hug.
Not even her own mother had hugged her like that.
As his eyes wandered restlessly, it occurred to him that he should find something to wear before he woke up.
If he woke up and found her like this…
Burying her face in her hands, she remembered how she squirmed in his arms.
How could I face him?
He would rather throw himself out the window!
A real lady would never have acted the way she did.
Even her mistress had preached to her that a wife's conjugal duty was to remain as still as a corpse in submitting to her husband's will.
She felt the heat of shame spreading across her cheeks.
Far from looking like a corpse, she writhed and moaned.
Would he not consider her a wanton woman?
Anxiety overwhelmed her.
She couldn't let him see her like this.
After carefully freeing herself from his arms, she searched under the bed.
Dressing like a real lady might not be possible, but at least she needed to cover her nakedness.
She discovered a mess of clothes piled up on the floor in the corner of the room.
She desperately tried to reach them, but they were out of reach.
Not daring to wander around the room naked, she leaned over the edge of the bed with her arm outstretched.
But instead of moving forward, she was pulled back.
"What are you doing?"
Maxi turned to him, surprised.
She thought he was sleeping, but he was watching her with his eyes half open.
When she tried to pull away, his arm wrapped around her waist and deftly rolled her toward him, trapping her beneath him.
“R-Riftan… It’s m-morning…”
"Yes, it's morning.
I was dying for you to open your eyes."He pressed his lips to her eyelids as he spoke, making her squirm at the tickling sensation.
A mischievous smile spread across his face as he placed light kisses on her face and ears before moving to her neck, tickling her with the fluttering of a butterfly's wings.
Embarrassed, she pushed his face away.
“P-Please, n-don’t… Let me p-put al-“
“Do you know how much I had to hold back all night?”
He brought her hand to his lips and inserted his finger into her mouth.
As his tongue tasted her finger, she blushed all the way to the tips of her ears.
She never imagined her hands could be so sensitive.
“If you only knew how I feel every time you blush,” Riftan muttered to himself as he nibbled on her fingertips, “You would never blush again.”
Unable to bear the embarrassment, she hid her hands under the blanket.
Riftan's eyebrows twitched and he ripped off the blanket.
Maxi screamed before curling into a fetal position.
“Why are you trying to hide?”
"The sun is up!
It's so b-bright..."
"That's why you should let me see.
I want to admire you in the light of day."
He pulled her bent legs.
She was embarrassed to the point of tears.
It was hard to believe that she was curled up with a man in bed in broad daylight, when just yesterday, she was cowering in fear in her father's castle.
His hand wandered over her shoulders and breasts before moving down to her waist and settling between her thighs.
His fingers slid easily inside her, where she was still wet from the night before.
"Maxi...
how was last night?
It wasn't so bad, was it?"
“R-Riftan…”
“You felt good, didn’t you?”
She would die of shame before answering him.
His fingers began to move skillfully in that most intimate place.
"For me, it was heaven.
Do you know how hard it was for me to leave you three years ago?
I wanted to throw the Dragon Campaign to the dogs and be with you.
It was agony for me to leave your bed, even though I know you must have wanted me to disappear..."
Maxi's eyes widened in surprise, the shame of her nakedness forgotten.
A crooked smile appeared on his lips, and he grazed the sensitive spot beneath her collarbone with his teeth.
"I still feel the same way.
When I'm with you...
I can't hold back."
His teeth pinched lightly, his fingers pushing deeper.
She instinctively tightened her legs around his arms, eliciting a satisfied groan from him.
“It’s your bad luck, to be the wife of a man like me.”
Maxi was convinced she was the unsuitable half of her marriage.
As her father had said, marriage was a blessing beyond what she deserved.
So why did Riftan think she was unhappy?
But her thoughts soon became cloudy, eclipsed by the heat burning inside her.
Maxi panted, squeezing the fingers that began to move vigorously inside her.
As his feverish gaze ran up and down her body, she couldn't look away.
His fingers withdrew and were immediately replaced by the deep thrust of his length.
“Ah…!”
He let out a savage roar, biting her earlobe.
“You will be my undoing, damn it.”
She clung tightly to his iron-strong shoulders, feeling like prey caught by a dog.
His grip sank into her thighs, opening her to the brink of pain.
Then he started to move steadily.
The pillow absorbed her moans as he moved with the soft, gentle cadence of a slow-flowing stream before abandoning his restraint to move wildly over her.
Finally, he climaxed and collapsed on top of her in a heap.
She gasped for air, feeling his hot breath on her forehead.
“I could do this for days.”
“Y-you’re heavy…”
He seemed fully capable of pinning her to the bed for days with his powerful mass.
Seeing her distressed face, he playfully bit her ears.
“You taste so good here too.”
After biting her earlobe, he dipped his tongue into her ear.
She shuddered at the touch of his wet tongue.
“R-Riftan…!”
"I love it.
If it weren't for that damn lizard, I could have had you every night and every day.
We could have our own kids now!"
“N-No more, stop… ah!”Ignoring her protests, Riftan continued to grind his sweaty body against hers while teasing her ear.
Exhausted from endless marital obligations, Maxi was shocked to notice Riftan again positioning himself between her legs.
Maxi almost cried.
She was considering whether she should try to pass out when he suddenly stopped when he heard someone knocking loudly on the door.