Chapter 165. First Night (2)
As Loic’s lips surged in fiercely, as if he would swallow me whole, I accepted him without any thought.
His mana overflowed and flowed into my body.
When his soft tongue invaded and stirred my mouth, my mind turned completely white.
Like someone dying of thirst, Loic kissed me desperately.
As my body slowly tilted back, I hurriedly pressed my hands against Loic’s chest.
Perhaps mistaking it for rejection, Loic wrapped his thick arm tightly around my waist.
“Haah… Annette.”
Supporting the back of my neck with his other hand, Loic leaned in pleadingly.
“Please… don’t push me away right now.”
Panting heavily, he pressed his lips down even deeper.
As Loic continued to advance, my body was slowly pushed farther onto the bed.
Our lips tangled without pause, and when I finally had to pull my head back to breathe, Loic’s weight caused me to fall flat onto the bed.
Loic braced his arms on either side of my shoulders and slowly lowered his gaze.
His large Adam’s apple moved visibly.
Strangely enough, the red ribbon around Loic’s neck was still hanging there, not fully undone.
“Annette.”
He called my name in a deeply restrained voice.
Thick veins stood out along his clenched neck.
Muscles twitched along his arms as he supported his weight.
“If you do not want this, please tell me now. I do not wish to force you because of my own desire.”
He spoke low, gathering what little patience he had left.
Veins throbbed sharply at his temples.
With his brows slightly drawn, Loic waited for my answer.
Gasping softly, I reached up and gently pulled on both ends of the ribbon around his neck.
Loic’s eyes widened briefly, then he allowed himself to be pulled down without resistance.
His hot, wet lips touched from the soft skin below my ear, down my pulsing neck, to the hollow of my collarbone.
When his large hand slowly slid down my shoulder, the thin strap of my negligee slipped down with it.
As my exposed skin met the cool air, my body trembled.
“Annette.”
Loic lifted his head and softly cupped my cheek.
“You are… unbelievably beautiful.”
His trembling fingers traced down my neck, moving slowly lower.
When he finally reached the soft curve of my chest, he kissed around it gently, as if savoring it.
Kiss. Kiss.
Every place he touched sent sharp waves of sensation through me.
As Loic’s body moved lower, the thin fabric covering me rolled down along with it.
His hot hands slid over my waist and moved downward.
“Haah… ah.”
My body grew hotter and hotter.
Without realizing it, warm breaths spilled from my parted lips.
Even while kissing my body, Loic kept his heated gaze fixed on me, watching my reactions.
Whenever my body flinched, he became even more persistent.
“Loic! Th-there…!”
When his breath finally brushed the sensitive inner side of my thigh, my toes curled on their own.
Even as I writhed my hips, Loic did not stop, continuing to tease me.
“Ah—ahh…!”
Only after the heat pooled below finally burst did he lift his body again.
Loic licked his lower lip and looked at me with wet eyes.
Keeping his unmistakable desire fixed on me, he slowly loosened his belt.
A low, growling breath filled the room.
And the moment what lay beneath was revealed—
“…!”
I hurriedly pressed my hands against his shoulders.
“Loic, th-this… I don’t think I can handle it….”
No matter how I looked at it, it seemed impossible for me.
“Annette. I’ll go as slowly as I can….”
Loic soothed me in a broken voice, kissing the corner of my eye.
He gently pulled down my hands, intertwining our fingers, and overlapped his body over mine as if shielding me.
Through our touching skin, his intense heat transferred directly to me.
Loic’s heartbeat thundered against my chest as if it were my own.
Under the gentle pressure of his weight, I couldn’t move at all.
An inexplicable sense of anticipation soaked my body.
The hearts pressed together beat faster and faster.
Seeing the clear desire in Loic’s eyes made my chest ache.
As if I were the only thing he wanted in the world.
His earnest gaze, filled only with me, made my heart overflow.
I called him softly.
“Loic.”
“Yes, Annette.”
“I… I like you, Loic.”
At that moment, his deep black eyes shook violently.
His long eyelashes fluttered.
I carefully cupped Loic’s cheeks.
“Because it’s you, Loic… I like you so much.”
“…Me too.”
Loic answered in a choked voice.
The large hand covering mine trembled uncontrollably.
“I also… like you because you are Annette.”
As if he couldn’t believe it, Loic tightly held my hand and kissed me.
“Annette, I love you so much.”
He whispered those words over and over against my lips.
His low voice echoed deep inside my heart, and a smile formed without me realizing it.
And then, he slowly pressed into me.
“Hng…!”
“Haah….”
It felt like we were perfectly connected as one.
Loic’s powerful presence instantly engulfed my body.
Like crashing waves, his mana rushed through me, stirred everything inside me, and flowed back to him again.
From head to toe, dizzying and blissful sensations swept over me.
“Loic…!”
All of Loic’s power felt as if it had become my own.
I clawed tightly at his back.
His energy moved heavily yet intensely inside me.
The overwhelming flow of mana left my mind hazy.
Holding me tightly, Loic poured out his heat without restraint.
“…Annette!”
The fierce movements continued for a long time.
The overwhelming ecstasy felt endless.
Finally, when the mana Loic had been compressing inside me exploded, a burning heat spread through my entire body along with intense shivers.
Soon, an indescribable sense of stability washed over me.
Loic’s mana flowed naturally into me and then out again.
Before, it only transferred when we were touching.
Now, I could feel Loic’s presence as if it were truly my own.
As if Loic and I were eternally connected as one.
The immense mana filling my body felt strange, warm, and comforting.
“Annette, your eyes…”
Loic murmured as he gently brushed the soft skin beneath my eyes.
“My eyes…?”
“They look as if starlight has been scattered inside them.”
“Yours too.”
We naturally accepted the fact that we had become one.
Loic kissed me repeatedly—from my eyes, to my cheeks, my lips, and even my messy bangs.
“It tickles.”
When I scrunched my nose, Loic laughed softly and kissed the bridge of my nose with a small sound.
As he continued kissing me, the golden light in Loic’s eyes gradually faded, returning to their original deep black.
The mana stirring inside us slowly calmed, settling like a quiet lake.
A pleasant drowsiness and fatigue washed over me.
Just as I thought I could fall asleep like this—
The light kisses Loic had been leaving suddenly became deeper again.
“Loic?”
“Annette. Just one more time….”
Lowering his head, Loic gently captured my lips.
It seemed it would be a very long night.
Loic barely slept at all.
No—he didn’t have time to sleep.
He tried his best not to exhaust Annette, but—
‘“I like you, Loic.”’
The moment he heard those words, his reason completely vanished, and he ended up tormenting Annette all night.
By the time dawn faintly broke, Annette finally fell into a deep sleep.
Loic gently wiped her body with a warm towel, carefully combed her tangled hair, then lay beside her and watched her sleep.
Whenever Annette, using his arm as a pillow, squirmed closer into his arms, his lips kept lifting into a smile.
My beloved wife.
Loic gathered a handful of Annette’s hair and kissed the ends softly.
The moment he held Annette, he became completely bound to her.
Instinctively, everything about her etched itself into his body.
He could feel even her smallest breaths.
What he felt could not be described as mere love.
It was tender devotion mixed with overwhelming desire, thirst, and deep obsession.
At the same time, the mana raging inside his body had completely settled.
After kissing Annette, his body stabilized rapidly, and now he felt lighter than ever.
He couldn’t remember a time when his body felt this light.
The unbearable heat that had tormented him until yesterday had vanished completely.
If not for Annette, he would have been stepping closer to death every day.
Barely enduring the rampaging mana.
Watching helplessly as his body slowly collapsed under its weight.
But less than a year after meeting Annette, he had gained something called hope for tomorrow.
The woman who changed his life.
The goddess who saved him from hell.
Beside Annette’s peaceful breathing, Loic whispered softly.
“For the rest of my life, I will live only for you.”
As he stroked her soft hair, his eyes fell on the red ribbon lying messily beside the bed.
Carefully, Loic rolled it up so it wouldn’t be lost.
‘This is a precious item that connected Annette and me. I must keep it for life.’
Another item had been added to the drawer in his study.
Feeling deeply happy, Loic kissed the ribbon as well.
