After satisfying Lady Suying with multiple rounds of intense intercourse sessions, Ashen left her room in the night, moving to Shiyue's room.
Next was her turn to experience the bliss.
He knocked on the door.
In a few seconds, the door opened, revealing a gorgeous woman with crystal blue eyes and dark black hair, adorned in her black silk nightgown as if she were about to head to bed to sleep.
The gown accentuated her large breasts that were clearly under no constraint of a bra.
Any man would be unable to contain himself upon seeing the sight of her in this gown.
There was no doubt that Shiyue was a top beauty even if we consider the whole expanse of the empire.
Upon seeing Ashen on the door, her face reflected an excited shine before getting instantly replaced with an indifferent one.
It was for a split second, however, Ashen noticed it.
She turned sideways to let him in. "Come in"
He obeyed her wishes, calmly walking in and sitting on the bed.
She locked the door before turning and asking with a smirk: "Are you regretting leaving for so many days? You've wasted a week of the two months that had been settled upon. If we count the days in the southern border too, then you only have less than a month and a half left now. Are you planning on wasting them too?"
"Aren't you tired of pretending?" Ashen questioned with a knowing smile.
"W-What do you mean?" She was taken aback by his sudden question, acting confused.
"I mean, you pretending that you don't ."
"Whaat? And where did you get that idea?" She asked incredulously as if he was spitting bullshit.
"Oh, so you plan on denying it?" he raised his eyebrows.
"Alright then, I'll grant you your freedom. You can leave if you abhor this so much. I'm not some demon who'll keep you trapped here against your wishes."
"Sigh... and here I thought of giving a chance to win my heart." He peeked at her through the corner of his eye to observe her expression.
Hearing that, her eyes widened as she asked: "Are you serious?"
Ashen nodded: "Yes, if you want to leave me, you can go, no one will stop you."
What? he is allowing me to leave?
Has he lost interest in me all of a sudden?
No, that can't be right.
His eyes look at me with desire and also, he mention an offer if I were to stop pretending.
But, how did he catch on? When did he realize?
Did I make it that obvious?
Realizing that she couldn't go on with the act, she admitted: "Alright, you've caught my lie. Now tell me the offer you mentioned." her voice was annoyed.
Ashen smiled, satisfied by her response.
"I have come to genuinely like you," He said softly, "and hence, I can't keep this meaningless facade going on."
"However, As a prince of the empire, I'm going to have multiple women and I may be able to only marry the ones who will add value to my faction."
"The members of the faction won't accept me marrying a woman who doesn't bring any value to the faction and therefore I won't be able to marry you despite how much I like you"
"The offer is simple. I want you to help my faction by managing a merchant company that I'd start in secret. I'll even teach you what to do. You just have to become the boss and show your value."
"This is the only way I could think of, to officially accept you as my wife!" He spoke helplessly.
Shiyue couldn't speak for some time due to the shock his words instilled in her.
This was truly unexpected to her.
She just stared at him with wide eyes before suddenly asking: "Y-You like me?"
Ashen nodded without any hesitation.
"Since when?" She questioned.
"I was captivated by your beauty the first time I saw you, however, it was when we shared those intimate moments together for nights that I realized just how much I've come to genuinely like you."
Ashen answered honestly without a single word of lie.
"Ha, this is truly unexpected. And here I thought that only I liked yo-ummph" Before she could utter another word, she closed off her mouth, covering it with her hand.
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"It's alright. You don't have to hide it from me." He spoke softly, his gaze gentle. "Why do you try to hide your feelings?"
Huh? Yeah, why do I hide my feelings when he has confessed already?
"Alright, I admit, I like you!" She admitted, not seeing any reason to hide it now.
"Then what about my offer?" He asked calmly. "What do you want to do?"
"I'll do it. Not to marry you, but to help your faction and you. I don't want to be useless, just waiting for you to return and accompany me." She expressed her intentions.
"Alright, Since this talk is over. Should we celebrate the last day of your oath and the start of this relationship?" He asked with a grin.
He raised his hands towards her, asking her: "Come into my embrace."
She nodded with a smile, slowly walking and sitting on his lap with her back touching his chest.
Lowering her gown from her right shoulder, he began nibbling on her neck as his hands began fondling her breasts.
Her breasts were soft yet perky, feeling soft and tender in touch.
The breasts perked up under the silk of the gown, and her nipples hardened. She felt the warmth of his hands through the layer of silk on her breasts.
"Ahh~" She let out a soft moan as her right hand went around to touch the back of his head, roaming through his raven black hair, as if stopping him from pulling away.
Meanwhile, his throbbing dick poked her ass from behind. She could feel his heartbeat through it.
"Oh Shiyue, I missed you~" His breath brushed against the curve of her neck.
"Ahh~ I missed you more~"
She turned her head as they smooched. His tongue entered her mouth, trying to explore the deepest part of it. She reciprocated the intensity as if hungry for more.
Their tongues intertwined, making them hungry for more.
Shiyue broke the kiss as she turned to face him and wrapped her hands around him, falling on the bed on top of him as she went in for another kiss.
They sucked each other lips, their tongues fighting for dominance within the mix of their saliva, creating a bridge when they let go.
"Ooh~ I missed this so much~"
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)