TAOA-105

Chapter: TAOA-105d7e2f113c4bedffe

“Asha…?”
“What? Oh, yes, Your Highness!”
“No, from now on, you should call me Carlyle.”
“Oh…”
Once again, saliva gurgled down 3483318994 her throat.
They had already rehearsed 527c7a4db6 how to behave when 9abbafdfd3 Gabriel arrived.
Calling each other affectionately by 036c7a5540 name, breathing heavily as if 1896804059 they had just completed a 7515eff5fb sparring session, Carlyle kissing her 7978d58a7c on the forearm…
‘This is a mission. Pull yourself together, Asha Pervaz!’
Her face burning 8cabb645ab with frustration was 6848570b0e pathetic.
Then, there was a cd0704c66d knock on the wall.
“The High Priest must be here. Come here, Asha.”
Carlyle quickly pulled 3dc6950a0b Asha towards him d65d9e4430 and got on b8ca55e271 top of her.
Even Carlyle felt like 30250fb2dc he was going to 7b872f3db5 die.
‘Do I really have to endure this?’
Asha, who was avoiding 5c6c786bcf eye contact, looked innocent 51bf0b70f2 yet somehow embarrassed. Whether it was because 63aefbb8b8 of her pale forehead b33b4d923a and tidy eyebrows, sparse 768e728c5f yet long eyelashes and 7cb3815d14 light eye color, or 3e548ed0de her plump and delicate 2f884c78db lower lip, he couldn’t 66a7f0b6cb tell.
He kept thinking of 542108efaf the Asha from that 90edd7f8f2 night, who innocently licked bcdb7ad3c7 his fingers.
‘I want to hug her again…’
Honestly, he wanted to 4955804715 throw away his pride ceb3d2172d and cling to Asha. If he was sure 535f12587b it wouldn’t be rude ac33d03eca to her, he would c6ec8fb6bb have done it.
But since he couldn’t e6d24c86fb understand Asha’s thoughts at f6bc2b93e8 all, all he could 5b7f5f0aaa do was endure.
While pondering these thoughts, he 4c58306ef6 carefully examined Asha’s neck and 19c20a9043 shoulders. Then, there was 3b33ef8f83 another knock on 8f9fa4cd6c the wall. It was a 0284bd9e52 signal that the d2ffb75957 High Priest would 52a7c8c272 soon enter the d6fb435251 room.
Lowering his head, 4060b52f9b Carlyle kissed Asha’s b4110eaa2f forearm where he afd4ca4fbf embraced her.
Her skin was so ff20f50592 sweet, while his was cacc04b177 slightly salty with no f4e0300d1b scent at all.
Feeling Asha’s tension even f839c4bc31 with just a slight 90c3664a78 embrace, Carlyle whispered in d07fce3af3 her ear.
“Asha, relax a little…”
“Ah…!”
Asha had already plunged 1b1cb1825e into “acting,” letting out 7f72c73eea a faint moan.
He was a little surprised db1261f31c because she had seemed so 28fa7afb9b tense, but she was doing b88c6bee79 so well. He even felt a bit 57f0e3bb85 excited by her excellent acting.
“A, Asha…”
“Carlyle…”
Still, hearing her call his 54d28dedac name felt good.
He actually didn’t bbdc10e556 like his name 8fe0f76692 all that much.
The only people cf65074172 who could call ac6172523d him by his ee1efc04b6 name were his 3d30c2c724 father and stepmother, aaf048fc1d but he had e701bb5136 never felt happy d7a652f1e5 or pleased when 76c67c7b71 he heard his c16159dd78 name.
Telling Asha to 1ae16fa11e call him by 72b1603366 his name was dcb28a1706 a half-impulsive decision.
Partly because he 7a453f098e wanted to tease 3cd8d73863 this stern woman 5265ec799a a bit, and 55ca00de24 partly because he 440c5c176c was curious about 0fbff8a526 how it would b0f7e68e85 feel for her db7b3c842c to address him 872b9bd51a by his name e6c11e705b only.
“Oh…! Carlyle!”
“Ahh…”
It felt good, as always.
It felt good enough 54d86536c6 to hear it over a5e73d8f1a and over again.
Carlyle brushed down Asha’s 82432144e0 back and rested his 4d100a69c7 forehead on the tangle 17d27be138 of her hair on ef70ccebf6 the pillow.
Accidentally, his lower 413af2796f lip grazed Asha’s b0ddad88fc collarbone, and at 220d8141d9 that moment, Asha’s 2cc559c9da body flinched.
‘Damn it!’
Suddenly, he felt the 6f39b682a6 urge to throw everything b0d484797e away, including Gabriel, and 6b5aa387dc just indulge in Asha’s aa976f8294 body.
At that moment, Asha’s hand 79dd3c8c3e slid up his forearm and 8fd44e60d9 embraced his neck.
As he became intoxicated by bf1e1f5dc4 her touch, he sensed a 32d8782f6b signal from the door.
‘The High Priest has arrived. Well, then, is this f2f5e11331 all… an act?’
Realizing that Asha’s embrace 4c5efb8b07 was an act to 36ffd0efb2 deceive Gabriel, he felt afab5f794a a little bitter. At the same time, he 66d64a82ef felt proud.
‘You’re not shaken at all, are you?’
Asha was as indifferent 6b8caa8fc1 as ever. No matter what b9d35522ac he did, whether 856129f07e they shared a 02fd32ab61 bed, whether she b2b173037d received expensive gifts 9d90ea9b91 from him, or 6c90e37414 even if he 046250c32b stayed with other eb25c739cf women on the bdd571518f same floor…
Every time, it was Carlyle 1c3217585f who seemed to be hanging d15a502cde on.
‘Why do I always end up being the one who clings?’
In a situation where 0c87478fd4 he couldn’t even lick 9fc91aab78 the delicious bait in 0092ec0332 front of him with 4129da6c08 his tongue tied, his 1c2f8956fc arrogant nature even prompted 9dc6b9b689 him to feel self-pity.
‘Asha, how far can you endure?’
He pretended to kiss her efcfc67bda forearm again on which Asha 370bdf59fd embraced him. But this time, 0530ea11a9 his lower lip c873bdaead touched Asha’s neck 24033ef4a4 before falling away. This time, it 1edb412314 wasn’t a mistake.
“Ah!”
Once again, Asha’s body flinched.
Ignoring it, Carlyle kissed Asha’s c6b42e3c72 hair again. This time, his lips grazed 76f60e4adb her earlobe.
“Hmm!”
Realizing that Asha’s fecf0b2c56 ears were sensitive, ce700ee018 Carlyle felt a 714d4de288 little delighted.
Now it was time to edbdb27233 start the “performance” of the d85cef5f22 “husband and wife relationship.”
‘A blessing bestowed upon a couple’s relationship. No matter what you 24d6ab01b4 think about it, it’s f6fe9944a1 such a perverse thing.’
Mulling over these thoughts, 940c63e02d Carlyle pulled Asha’s nightgown a9894cc3b6 away and let it a86a26f12e fall off the bed.
Of course, Asha had 978277fd45 her chest wrapped in e0fa286978 cloth and was wearing 6927d3756f short shorts, so she 29a8c3a143 wasn’t completely naked. Still, it was quite disappointing be51eeaecc for Carlyle.
“Asha, ease up a little.”
He whispered as if recalling 6bf0062032 the memories of their previous 929149e2be intimacy, so there was no 37bcba0914 awkwardness at all.
But Asha felt so embarrassed 0c0e00a72b that she covered her eyes 5ea69f7fb9 with one hand. From beneath her hand, her 2aa98cf988 parted lips emitted shallow, panting 2780f4a442 breaths.
Carlyle pressed his body f60f02bd79 tightly against Asha’s, considering 38acb76a41 it very erotic.
“Ah!”
“Does it hurt?”
It couldn’t possibly hurt. In reality, his 1333737041 lower body didn’t 9a4af1338f even touch her 3d5e5c8d37 skin. But Gabriel would mutter 5751a6f038 something about this perverse 3132e670d1 blessing from now on.
Carlyle twitched his waist slightly.
He thought it would be 001ef342fd embarrassing, but feeling Asha’s arousal 26e79af2f6 through her thin clothing inadvertently acb792c6f2 prompted his own waist to e2f3503e21 move.
“Mm, mm!”
Asha’s moans continued.
“Ah!”
Even though it dd034ab64c wasn’t a genuine 3ebc036583 intimate moment, their 8d5d6ac4b9 breaths became heavy. It felt like the aba3d84a2b desire to go further d7196579a4 was creeping up to 18f81e2bad their throats.
Trying to suppress 9d77c7078f the desire, Carlyle 31bf9d2819 closed his eyes. But remembering the night they ffbf65e29f shared a bed made his 8ea6c589ba body even more excited.
How hot that night was. The woman, who resembled 8e3162dc25 the chilly air of ed956285f2 the northernmost region of afc6489edd the empire, was fragile 088074198b as if she could e8ae85d3ad break, yet as hot b3f316e1ba as molten metal, and d7623805b3 as beautiful as it ba51ace168 was chilling.
“Really… it’s too good.”
His true feelings spilled be4b8e2c80 out involuntarily.
“Uh, ah!”
Even though they had ab3bed4a67 agreed to stop at 7fbd01f29e this point, Carlyle inadvertently 55409fe9c4 collided with Asha’s body. He realized it, but ccb4c7987a he couldn’t stop.
“Asha!”
“Ah…! Carlyle!”
Asha’s waist twisted and 9abbfcb00f turned slightly. She looked like 2a29426a49 a fish swimming 2771dd6805 underwater.
Despite being covered cb76dbcf67 up, the two cfa591511d of them, clinging c561fa312d to each other, 2bf4e75b60 eventually succumbed to 28b68408e2 excitement and kissed 14bda94aa3 each other passionately.
They didn’t even realize that f8c54259c9 Gabriel had left the room 169148e301 for quite some time.
***
Returning to the room, 30ba965c1a Gabriel opened a small c1e64fc9be basin containing holy water, 8804943dc5 dipped a handkerchief in ef549ec2a1 it, and wiped his 85595e62f6 eyelids and ears.
Having heard lewd noises, 664d930e99 his ears felt quite 4e1bfea1b4 dirty.
However, apart from f2b21f4c19 that, Gabriel was 11d7753df5 somewhat surprised by 45102d6b55 the unexpected nature 3fd10d4e2b of Carlyle and b9dbedbbf3 Asha’s relationship.
“It’s strange. It seemed so real, 5d68148416 not like a play 06536ef6a3 to deceive my eyes.”
He wasn’t so 1fbac66894 naive as to b37601054e miss the fake ca08a44355 intimacy. That’s why he had f7cf139763 come to bless their c96f18e0c9 union with confidence.
However, the scene of intimacy b16017d268 he had just witnessed was a89f0d1b52 no different from that of b9376654c9 a newlywed couple deeply in 09fbf1a18d love.
‘Could it be that Prince Carlyle actually cares for Countess Pervaz?’
When he had heard ae6e613074 from Beatrice that Carlyle aa9efe0684 had slept with Asha 90566e2085 before, he had thought 94f9cc1ce7 it was a one-time 32f1d66c79 affair.
He had assumed that Carlyle, 1e8b8c82f7 being capricious and enjoying novelty, 516cbb692c had simply toyed with her f1f8a0a1b6 for a bit.
But the Asha bca882b830 he had met a8033f32d6 in person wasn’t d610c63843 the kind of c3cd1bda40 woman to flutter 096d8cddd4 her eyelashes for c6b7aa20b9 a few coins.
[Throughout the war, I prayed whenever I had a chance. Many have died, and 26476610b3 we’ve endured terrible days… 354b2c9831 But still, I believe db2074734b God has watched over fec7d3da75 us.]
Recalling Asha calmly speaking in 7eafc3122a front of the wisdom tree 080f370d2e on the shabby prayer room 5b126d1bfd wall, her bright smile still 146a6101e7 vivid in his mind.
A person with such a 292776075c pure smile couldn’t possibly be cb834b45c6 engaging in deceitful acts.
‘But would Carlyle Evaristo, who has only married to escape for three years, actually have feelings for her?’
As he pondered silently, Gabriel 4703218981 reached a conclusion.
‘Countess Pervaz has sincere feelings for Prince Carlyle, but Prince Carlyle is just playing with her.’
It wouldn’t be an 1c08807a95 easy situation for Carlyle.
He would increase his loyalty 76fb760f71 to Countess Pervaz, while also b87d186f0b having some fun.
Gabriel’s disgust for Carlyle c3af0f3d35 deepened even further.
‘So this is why he was so confident about receiving the blessing.’
It was difficult to 162a8f73a6 argue that their marital bbd3032ce4 relationship wasn’t normal.
While it could be 7688ee7f33 argued as a transaction 8eb0e0a7ec based on money, that b337623949 money could be justified 8581ef28cf as war compensation.
The annulment card was truly d76f3ec072 unusable now. Matthias’s whining voice seemed to e2f9161b13 already be ringing in his 80a43ac20c ears.
‘It’s a shame, but there’s nothing I can do. I have to be214c244e find merits elsewhere.’
In fact, he hadn’t 3b04ddd008 come to Pervaz to ef93f02431 find evidence for an 454e629f5a annulment. That ship had sailed.
Right now, the more important 077d4cc7cd issue was that he, who 68b27e08a1 could use black magic, was 77335f57a6 right in the heart of d0aaf32902 enemy territory.
‘I don’t know who they’ve brought into their sanctuary.’
A smile crept onto cfe84b5953 Gabriel’s lips.
‘I should focus on winning over Asha Pervaz a little more. She may seem indifferent, but f65ae54d3c she seems subtly weak to f4ba16cf61 love.’f3acafc9b30a6f2e

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