Chapter 4 Part 2

Just then, young apprentices training under Madam Resa appeared with a bundle of dresses.

“It’s a pre-made dress. Would you like to choose one? Since the Imperial Banquet is two days away, it will be difficult to make a new one.”

“Hmm, it’s still a bit weird to wear something that isn’t custom-made to the Imperial Banquet… … “

Without giving Irina time to respond, Olga answered Madam Resa’s words. Madam Resa, who was experienced, didn’t show any signs of displeasure at Olga’s words and continued speaking naturally.

“Of course! Olga. I have no intention of letting her wear this dress as it is. I will alter it to fit her body and make adjustments to the details of the dress as well.”

“Well, that’s a relief.”

Olga seemed relieved only then, and solemnly looked around at the many dresses hanging on the hangers. Even though Irina had no intention of actually wearing the dress.

“Hmm, this is hard. They’re all beautiful, Madam Resa. I’m sure there must be a prettier dress, right?”

Olga, who had been pulling out one dress after another and putting them on Irina’s body, looked at Madam Resa with suspicious eyes. Madam Resa sighed and shook her head as if admitting defeat.

“As expected, you can’t fool Olga’s eyes. There are a few dresses I’ve set aside. They’re quite expensive…”

“Madam Resa, I told you that the price doesn’t matter. Lady Irina is the daughter of Baron Lehman. Please show me, quickly.”

At Madam Resa’s hesitant words, Olga became defensive, as if her pride had been wounded. Olga seemed to be more proud of the Lehman family than Irina herself was.

“Alright. I’ll go get them, Olga.”

“No, I’m coming with you.”

Olga, worried that Madam Resa might try to sneak the dresses away, declared that she would accompany her. Although Madam Resa seemed a bit flustered, she quickly accepted, seeing that Olga wasn’t going to back down.

“Then, Yulia, please help Lady take off her dress so that she can try on new dresses as soon as they arrive. We’re going to get another dresses.”

“Yes!”

A young girl, no more than fifteen or sixteen, named Yulia responded enthusiastically and nodded.

“Lady, I’ll be back soon!”

“Alright.”

Irina lightly responded to Olga’s cheerful words, and soon a group of people including Madam Resa and Olga left.

Yulia bowed to Irina and led her into the changing room. Inside the changing room, there was a large full-length mirror, and red curtains were drawn.

It was at that moment when Yulia was unbuttoning the tightly fastened buttons on Irina’s back.

“…Hah.”

“What’s wrong, Lady Irina?”

In the mirror, Rumpel stood. Irina quickly turned her head in surprise. Then, Rumpel smiled slowly and laughed.

Yulia tilted her head while concentrating on undoing Irina’s buttons, as if she couldn’t see Rumpel.

“Oh, no… … Yulia. I’m sorry … … I’m really thirsty. Could you please bring me some water? I’d prefer it to be iced tea if possible.”

“Ah, yes! I will!”

Irina didn’t know why Rumpel had suddenly appeared, but she instinctively felt that Yulia shouldn’t be there. So, she used the excuse that she was thirsty to send Yulia on an errand.

The innocent Yulia answered cheerfully and quickly left the changing room. After a few moments, her footsteps seemed to gradually move further away, and eventually became inaudible.

“Rumpel! What’s going on? How did you all of a sudden…?”

Before Irina could finish her sentence, Rumpel’s lips pressed against the nape of her neck. His breath tickled her smooth skin, and she reflexively let out a wet moan.

“You haven’t been thinking about me much, have you, Lady Irina?”

“W-well… … ”

“You have to give birth to my child, yet you’re so indifferent.”

“What is that … …!”

His reproachful words made Irina snap. The truly indifferent one was Rumpel, not her. Who was the one who disappeared without a trace after their intercourse, as if it had never happened?

Irina wanted to snap at him in frustration, but Rumpel’s hand tickled her waist like he was playing a piano, so she couldn’t say anything.

As Irina took a breath, trying to calm herself, Rumpel pulled the curtains wide open to cover the inside of the changing room. He looked back at her with a relaxed expression.

“It’s just the two of us.”

“…Rumpel.”

For some reason, his words sounded strange. Irina soothed her pounding heart, wondering if Rumpel would do anything inappropriate in a place that was not even a private room, had only a curtain and where anyone could walk in at any moment. 

“Irina, aren’t you curious?”

“About what…?”

“How tight your pussy will be in a situation like this, where you never know when someone might come in.”

“Rumpel!”

Irina exclaimed, completely stunned. However, Rumpel seemed to mean what he had just said, and he hugged her slender waist with his strong arms and pulled her towards him. Irina fell helplessly into his arms.

“Lady Irina, why didn’t you look for me last night?”

Irina couldn’t say anything to Rumpel’s question.

It was a lie if she said that she hadn’t thought about him. However, she had been so preoccupied with worrying about the Emperor Knezh’s true intentions that she had no energy to think about Rumpel.

But when she tried to tell him straight away why she didn’t look for him, it felt like she was making excuses.

So, Irina stubbornly kept her mouth shut and silently looked up at him. At that, Rumpel’s eyes narrowed.

“You clearly have something you want to say, but for some reason, you’re saying nothing. I wonder what it is that doesn’t sit well with you, my Lady Irina.”

‘My Lady Irina’

The words pierced through Irina’s heart. Rumpel had meant to tease her, but his words made her heart flutter.

As she tried to calm her racing heart, Rumpel pulled her half-open dress down with force.

“What… … !”

Irina shrilly exclaimed. Rumpel then looked straight at Irina in the mirror and pressed his index finger to his lips.

“Shhh. You need to be quiet, Lady Irina. What are you going to do if someone hears the sound and comes running?”

“Please, that’s why stop it, Rumpel! What if someone really comes…”

“Hmmm, it’s nice seeing you flustered.”

Rumpel just made fun of Irina, who didn’t know what to do. It seemed as if he enjoyed teasing Irina, who was embarrassed.

Irina resented Rumpel like that, but she couldn’t do anything about it because he hugged her from behind with a strong force. She could only glare at Rumpel through the mirror.

“I can’t handle it if you look at me with such hateful eyes. Please look at me with prettier eyes.”

It was as if he was talking to a child. Irina, who had realized his intention to tease her from his words, was about to open her mouth with the intention of saying something sharp to him.

“Ahh!”

However, what came out between her lips was not a warning but a wet moan. It was because Rumpel’s hand, which had instantly dug into her underwear, mischievously pinched Irina’s nipple.

“Rumpel…”

Even though it was just a tiny piece of flesh the size of a fingernail that was pinched, all her attention was directed to the pinched flesh. She had no time to think about anything else.

Irina squirmed in Rumpel’s arms, not knowing what to do.

“Hmph, let, let go…”

“No. I don’t want to.”

“Rumpel!”

The firm answer was even childish. Irina cried out his name in despair.

“If I had to move my hand now, the only place it could go would be under Lady Irina. Do you want me to put my fingers inside your red and wet hole?”

“…”

Irina’s face turned red at the blatant and even vulgar words. Feeling ashamed, she couldn’t do anything and was just rolling her beautiful green eyes back and forth.

“Ugh …. …..” 

“You need to see me, Lady Irina.”

“But… … ”

“Are you really not going to look at me, the pitiful me who gets aroused just by your gaze?”

“Rumpel…”

It was unfair. Although she hadn’t known him for long, she had never heard him spoken condescendingly about himself. He was always the one who had the upper hand in his relationship with Irina and teased her.

So, when he called himself ‘pitiful’, she couldn’t help but be moved. Even if it was just empty words to manipulate her to his liking.

Irina eventually looked at Rumpel in the mirror with trembling eyes. No matter when and under what circumstances she saw him, he was still a beautiful man.

Even though she thought there was nothing more foolish than being captivated by a man’s beauty, Irina didn’t know what to do with her heart that was beating helplessly.

Meanwhile, Rumpel’s lips touched the nape of Irina’s neck. The breath he exhaled tickled Irina’s soft skin.

While feeling ashamed, she also felt strangely reassured because his breath was proof of him being there.

“Lady Irina, may I kiss you?”