Among the people Niall associated with in the Galen Village, there were quite a few who held less-than-honorable occupations. They were pickpockets, thieves, and prostitutes, and yet Niall had formed fairly good relationships with them. It was because many of the stories they shared had useful information he could use.
One of the stories that amused the people who invited Niall to dinner was about a noble young man who wanted to drink women’s urine every time he had sex, and the person who shared this story was Tatiana, a retired former prostitute of thirty-nine.
“All men are fools,” Niall commented. He visited Tatiana’s house when he received a request to fix a leaky roof. After fixing the roof, he was asked to repair hinges, build fences, and various other small tasks. Over the course of about three weeks of visiting Tatiana’s house, the two of them developed a habit of playing cards after finishing work.
Niall learned from Tatiana how to cheat in card games. Tatiana, calling Niall her apprentice, diligently passed on her skills to him.
Tatiana boasted that she used to entertain nobles and clergy in the capital. Although she was now halfway retired, she retained her skills in charming high-nosed nobles in the capital and often regaled Niall with stories from those days during card games.
“All men think women are only for sex, you know? Of course, some men are like that. But men with money and honor aren’t necessarily like that. What they want is love. They know it’s not real love, and I know it too. But if I act like I care and take care of them, they start to get confused. When they’re about to waver, I tell them tearfully that I had no choice but to take this path because of my father’s illness. Even men who couldn’t give their hearts away because I was a prostitute loosen up from then on. This woman is different. She was originally an ordinary woman who ended up becoming a prostitute against her will. That’s how I convince myself. Later, she herself insists that she’s not just a prostitute. That’s how she rationalizes falling in love.”
Tatiana chuckled as she laid down the cards.
“You can create feelings of love. Emotions can start from misunderstandings. Men believe they love women who drive them crazy. It’s no fun if it’s too easy.”
She said something like this again.
“Men are creatures who only look ahead. They don’t think about what’s behind. Once they choose their prey, they chase after it without looking back or to the side. It’s okay. After conquering once, they’ll move on to another prey anyway.”
When Niall met Duke, he remembered Tatiana’s words. He demanded of Duke, “From now on, I will speak and act as if you are the most precious thing in the world, so please do the same for me. I will pretend to like you, so please pretend to like me.” Duke wasn’t someone to be pushed physically.
The body was secondary; what mattered more was opening the door to the heart. Fake love, pseudo-love, anything to create a delusion in him.
Tatiana also said that once you take a step forward, you can never go back. Niall was now experiencing the truth of those words. When Duke first became fixated on Niall’s nipples, now he was fixated on kissing Niall.
“Hmm!”
As morning dawned and Niall rubbed his sleepy eyes and opened the door, there stood Duke. He was immediately grabbed by the waist and pulled towards Duke. Their lips met in an instant. Duke pushed Niall forcefully and shoved him into the room, slamming the door shut behind them.
“Duke, wait…!”
Niall couldn’t speak. Duke forcefully pressed his lips against Niall’s. It wasn’t a kiss. It was more like a forceful impact. Niall wanted to say something, but Duke’s tongue kept entering his mouth, so he just opened his lips.
“…”
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Honestly, Duke couldn’t kiss at all. Really, he couldn’t. Despite his overflowing passion on the subject, he just exerted force. Niall sucked on Duke’s tongue as it haphazardly entered his mouth and thought to himself, “He really can’t do it.”
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Duke stared at Niall’s lips with fiery eyes. Even this brief moment caused Niall to lose his mind at times.
“You must remain put until I return. Understand?”
Finishing his sentence, Duke lunged forward menacingly. Pushed back by his momentum, Niall stumbled backwards until he found himself against the wall. Behind him was the wall, and in front of him was an Alpha who had turned back to kissing. The back of his head pressed against the hard wall, his mouth filled with the tongue of an Alpha who only knew how to use force. Niall was really struggling.
“Why aren’t you answering?”
It wasn’t until tens of minutes had passed that Duke finally pulled his lips away. Niall looked up at Duke, coughing awkwardly. No, he should have at least given him a chance to respond.
“Don’t worry. Thanks to that kiss just now, all of the Omega’s lewd desires have vanished.”
Niall muttered without realizing it. It meant that thanks to his kiss, the lewd desires of the Omega had completely disappeared.
“Does that mean… I satisfied you?”
Duke asked. Niall, who had been sulking and then realized belatedly that Duke noticed, lifted his face. After Duke took a moment to gather his thoughts, he asked again.
“The fact that your desire faded because of me, is that true?”
“…”
“Really? Hmm?”
No, that couldn’t be. It meant you can’t kiss.
Niall couldn’t bring himself to answer like that. Duke’s eyes were sparkling. Even though the answer was no, he seemed okay with it, but in reality, he hoped Niall would acknowledge his words as true. Unable to answer truthfully, Niall hesitated, but eventually nodded hesitantly.
He complained to the Duke that he couldn’t kiss. With lowered eyes, Niall surveyed the atmosphere, and as the silence dragged on, he glanced briefly at Duke. That’s when he saw Duke’s flushed face. From his cheeks to his nose, Duke blushed and smiled.
“Haha.”
Duke covered his forehead and cheek with one hand. But his face was too red to hide completely.
“Haha, haha.”
His smile grew wider. Despite his efforts to suppress it, Duke’s smile kept growing until it turned into a bright laughter.
“Well then. I’ve satisfied you.”
Duke chuckled lightly and awkwardly scratched his nose with his index finger. Trying to regain composure, he put his hand on his waist, lifted his head, and laughed again. His laughter was so beautiful that even the phrase “flowers blooming” fell short.
Seeing him like that in front of him, Niall lost his mind. This man, who laughed so brightly, was neither a duke nor a king. He was just an inexperienced young man in his early twenties.
“Duke.”
Niall grabbed Duke’s hand and pulled him towards himself, then sealed Duke’s lips with his own.
“It seems like I was a bit lacking.”
“What?”
“To soothe my burning desire, it seems like we need to do a bit more.”
“Is that so?”
Then let’s do it. Duke teased with his tongue before pressing his lips against Niall’s. Unlike before, Niall actively opened his lips and accepted Duke’s tongue.
Their tongues tangled, and the sound of them biting each other’s lips was moist. Niall resisted Duke’s attempts to dominate and explored his palate with his tongue.
“Hah.”
Duke breathed heavily, trembling slightly. The sensation of licking the palate was so amazing that he even staggered backward. Niall wrapped his arms around Duke’s neck to prevent him from escaping and continued kissing.
Butterflies kept fluttering in his chest. A very large butterfly seemed to be trying to soar into the sky from Niall’s chest.
∞ ∞ ∞
There’s a saying that to hide one lie, you need a hundred other lies. Niall now fully understood that saying.
“You’re an omega. Omegas need alphas. I know well that you’ve been going to other men because I didn’t pay attention to you.”
What does he know?
“Now I’ll take care of you as much as I can. So, you have to stay put until I return. Understand?”
Duke, who said so solemnly, soon sighed with a tired face. It was truly annoying, but Niall had no choice but to accept this condescending attitude that he would take care of this lacking person. Just looking at it made Niall’s stomach twist.
It’s a relationship with a deadline anyway. Niall didn’t bother to explain whatever misunderstandings Duke might have had, and before he knew it, Duke’s trust had become completely firm.
“No one came into the room last night, right?”
Duke’s morning greeting as soon as they woke up. He don’t know when he started acting like this, but Duke, who leaned eagerly against the door of Niall’s room, stuck his head in fearfully as the door opened, looked around anxiously, and asked.
“Why would you even think that?”
He was so dumbfounded that he stood there with a stony expression and asked, and Duke answered in a much softer voice.
“Right. You’re doing well. You must not succumb to the burning desire of an omega again. Haven’t I come all this way for this?”
“I never…”
Duke immediately pressed his lips against Niall’s. In no time, the door was firmly closed, and Duke was sucking Niall’s lips with force.
please…duke is so cute (╥﹏╥)
Thanks for the update! The Duke is truly winning the gold medal for mental gymnastics in this one lol
hahaha duke is soo cute my gosh😩🤭😆😂
thank you for the updates 😘
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Thank you so much for the chapter, maaan duke is so cute??? I want one duke for myself 😩
Duke is the dumb type of cute, like he doesn’t know better so he is kinda dumb but is cute because is not for bad he does it
Thank you for the chapters 💝