This was a statement that even the shameless Aaron hadn’t dared to expect.
He didn’t think he was at fault for that incident, but he also hadn’t anticipated hearing an apology from her.
Flustered, Aaron licked his dry lips. Ariella didn’t stop there and continued with even more bewildering words.
“Um, I’m afraid you might think I’m strange for saying this, but… I’ve thought about that incident several times. Strangely enough, my heart raced each time. Not out of fear, but excitement.”
“…What?”
“After all, there are people who enjoy such situations. It’s embarrassing, but… I thought you were very manly and cool when you overpowered and controlled me back then. I even regret refusing you at that time.”
The rising disgust almost made his lips tremble, but Ariella managed to hold it in.
Aaron’s expression, staring at her with dazed eyes and twitching eyebrows, filled her vision. After spending eight years as his fiancée, she understood the dirty truth that he was excited by her words.
‘The effects of the drug should be kicking in soon.’
Ariella rolled her eyes to check the time and then slowly rose from her chair. She leaned toward him, extending her neck, and whispered seductively.
“…Could you do that again next time?”
Aaron’s eyes widened, and his red eyelashes fluttered.
Ariella Bedford, who had held her head high with dignity, was now whispering for him to make her submit.
It was something he hadn’t expected at all. Yet, he couldn’t deny that it was incredibly alluring and perfectly satisfied his tastes. He even began to suspect whether she had done some background research on him.
As their gazes locked, Ariella smiled at him with crescent-shaped eyes, making him tremble even more. Then she turned her head and looked around.
“This hotel is really beautiful, isn’t it?”
What was the reason for mentioning that they were in a hotel right now? Aaron wasn’t so oblivious as to not understand.
Gulp, he swallowed hard. Just as he couldn’t contain the heat rising within him, he was about to grab her hand when Ariella teasingly slipped away and stood up.
“Excuse me for a moment. I think I got some of that wine on my hand earlier.”
She was saying she was going to the restroom.
“…Come back soon.”
Aaron suppressed the urge to hold her back, wondering if she really had to go right now. No matter how heated he was, he couldn’t just grab the hem of a lady’s dress as she headed to the restroom.
As Ariella left, he carelessly dropped one leg, revealing his anxious heart.
A party was raging in his mind.
‘Finally, this day has come!’
With his elbows resting on the table, Aaron covered his erupting laughter with his hands.
He had pretended to be completely uninterested in Lizzy, but in truth, he had longed for Ariella’s body for quite some time.
The Ariella of the past, who didn’t know how to adorn herself, wasn’t particularly attractive, but her beautiful face, long legs, elegantly slender neck, and astonishingly clear and flawless skin had always captivated his gaze.
However, Aaron was not the kind of man who would approach a woman who had rejected him, nor was he in a position to force himself on Ariella, given her status.
Thus, he had kept her at a distance, treating her like forbidden fruit.
But now, an opportunity had arisen. Moreover, she had come to him first with a sultry voice.
‘Did she intentionally choose a hotel as the meeting place? She knows how to play cute.’
Unable to contain himself, Aaron chuckled.
Instead of that, it would be wise to book a room before Ariella returned. Perhaps she had hoped for that and went to the restroom at the right moment.
Thinking this, he felt he couldn’t just sit still, so he hurriedly got up.
As he made his way to the desk, a strange man suddenly blocked his path.
A young man wearing a suspicious hood that concealed his face. The jawline revealed beneath the hood was delicate like a girl’s, but his tall stature suggested he was a man.
“Um, this…!”
Just as he was about to scold the audacity of someone blocking the Crown Prince’s path, the young man stretched out his arm and handed him something. In his white hand was none other than a hotel room key.
“A lady asked me to deliver this to you.”
