Don’T Get Caught By Your Husband! [EN]: Chapter 7

The Pope’s sly laughter seemed to echo in her head.

A husband with a promiscuous private life.

Private life. Promiscuous.

This…….

‘*……Is he just trash?*’

She clenched her small fist on her lap and trembled.

“Madam, shall we go to the bathroom now?”

Hearing Cindy’s voice, Belladonna shook her head vigorously up and down.

She needed to cool down her head, which was starting to heat up.

* * *

Cool…….

Belladonna, who had washed in hot water in the spacious and comfortable bathroom, entrusted her hair to the maids and slowly blinked her eyes.

She was already tired, but she had taken a warm bath, and someone was gently stroking her hair, so sleep was coming.

Mmm……. Good scent…….

The maids applied fragrant oil to her hair, shoulders, waist, and thighs.

‘*I think I’ll be able to sleep deeply tonight.*’

Belladonna recalled the narrow carriage seat where she had tried to sleep on the journey to Griblatta, the makeshift bed made of blankets, or the corner of the barn.

Then, she glanced at the large bed.

‘*How long has it been since I’ve had such a fluffy bed!*’

She smiled and relaxed her whole body.

“Madam, shall we move now?”

To the bed, you mean?

Belladonna nodded and moved towards the bed.

*If I jump right in from the first day, the Saintess’s reputation won’t be saved, right?*

“Ah, not that way, you have to go to the Lord’s bedroom.”

Cindy stopped her a few steps away from the bed.

Huh? Where?

“The Lord’s bedroom is located across the second floor, accessible via the central staircase.”

Bedroom……?

Belladonna, still with a dazed face from not being fully awake, looked at Cindy.

“Oh dear, you must be very tired. I wonder if you’ll be able to sleep properly tonight…….”

“……?”

*Why, what do you mean?*

“Then this way…….”

Belladonna, standing blankly in place, looked down at the negligee that showed half of her body’s curves.

And only then did she fully wake up and understand what situation this was.

*Ah. I’m going to consummate the marriage……?*

“Madam?”

Cindy and the other maids were waiting for her in front of the door.

Belladonna awkwardly moved her limbs and headed for the door.

Consummation…….

Belladonna, who had left the room, walked down the quiet hallway with Cindy and the maids, her face pale.

The maids, who had walked to the opposite end of the second-floor hallway, stopped in front of a tightly closed door.

Knock knock.

No answer was heard from inside the room except for the faint sound of water.

After sharing glances with each other for a moment, they turned the doorknob and carefully opened the door, turning their heads to Belladonna while trying not to look inside as much as possible.

“You can go in.”

Belladonna nodded with a strangely determined feeling and entered Escalion’s room.

Behind her, the sound of the maids carefully closing the door sounded like a guard locking a prisoner in a cell.

“…….”

Escalion was not in the room.

Judging by the sound of water coming from the bathroom, he seemed to be still washing.

Belladonna stood still in the middle of the room and looked around.

His room was similar in size to the room assigned to her, but it did not feel empty because it had much more furniture.

Belladonna swallowed as she looked at the large bed in the center.

And she carefully moved her steps and sat awkwardly on the bed.

Sitting on the wide bed, she began to realize that she was really married and had a husband.

‘*But…….*’

It was a marriage that would end in three months anyway.

Having a relationship with him as it is didn’t seem like a good thing for either her or Escalion.

‘*If I end the marriage without consummating it, there will be no major problems with Escalion’s remarriage later…….*’

From the moment she heard the story from the Pope to marry and divorce Escalion, Belladonna had no intention of having a relationship with him.

*So, for today, I’ll have to make an excuse that I’m sick!*

She showed a sickly appearance in the carriage, so she thought it would work for him too.

Belladonna looked at the bathroom door where the sound of water was still flowing.

‘*By the way, why is this man taking so long to wash…….*’

Not knowing how long it would take, she sneaked onto the bed, looked at the ceiling, and lay down comfortably.

Ham……. I’m sleepy…….

Belladonna yawned, widened her eyes to wake up, and began to count the patterns on the ceiling.

‘A square, one, two, three, four…….’

Belladonna, who was concentrating, fell asleep without even realizing it.

* * *

Ah, it’s cold…….

Belladonna frowned and curled up.

Instinctively, she burrowed into the place where warm heat was flowing out, and leaned her face against a hard wall.

*This is a little warm…….*

Belladonna pressed her whole body against the hard wall to get even more warmth, and raised her hands to grope up and down.

“Is she doing this on purpose?”

At that time, a very low, sunken voice struck her ear.

She, who was half asleep, slowly opened her eyes.

What she saw in front of her slowly opened eyes was not a hard wall, but a man’s solid chest.

Ughhhhh!

*What is this!*

Belladonna, who was startled, raised both hands and pushed the wall back, but it was herself who was pushed back instead.

She was pushed to the end of the bed in an instant, and she looked up at Escalion with wide eyes.

“…….”

*Wow, I almost screamed.*

Escalion turned his body towards her, propped himself up on his arm, and had a nonchalant face.

The gown, which was tilted back more than half way, revealed his firm upper body as it was.

Belladonna, who blinked her eyes for a moment and scanned him down, quickly closed her eyes.

And she began to pretend to sleep, trying to lower her breath as evenly as possible.

“Now?”

He spat out again.

*Ah, is it too much after all?*

Belladonna awkwardly opened her eyes and raised her upper body.

“I came back after washing up, and you were sleeping soundly with your mouth open, so I was wondering whether to wake you up or not.”

Mouth?

Belladonna unknowingly put her hand on her chin.

Escalion, who saw her, chuckled and reached out to grab her slender waist and pulled her towards him.

“But you kindly woke up on your own, so I have to give you a reward.”

Belladonna, who was in Escalion’s arms in an instant, stiffened awkwardly.

She was trapped between his thick arms and breathed very quietly.

On the contrary, Escalion, who made a somewhat satisfied breath, began to slowly caress the area around her back.

At the same time, he poured kisses along her hair, forehead, and bridge of her nose with a very skillful attitude.

‘*He must be a playboy after all.*’

Belladonna slyly raised her arms to block his lips, brought both hands to her lower abdomen, and made the most pitiful expression possible.

“……What is it?”

He asked with a sullen expression.

*No, it hurts…….*

Belladonna did not give up and rubbed her lower abdomen clockwise, making the most painful and upset face possible.

He looked down at her moving for a moment, tilted his head and asked.

“It hurts?”

Nod nod!

“Now?”

……Nod nod.

“Why does your stomach hurt suddenly?”

That’s…….

She, who had not thought that far, slyly turned her gaze.

“So you’re saying you just want to sleep today?”

Nod nod!

“Hmm…….”

Escalion, who was staring at Belladonna, who was clearly lying, playfully raised the corners of his mouth.

“But is that the attitude of someone asking for a favor?”

*Why, what else……? What are you going to do……?*

It was that look again.

The eyes of a beast with prey in front of it. That look that tries to play with it a little more and then devour it in one go.

Soon, his smooth lips opened.

“Sing a song to make me want to grant your request.”

*Wh, what are you doing……?*

Belladonna looked up at him with a shocked look.

Escalion shrugged his fully exposed muscular shoulders up once.

“That’s the only way I can grant my wife’s request, right?”

“…….”

“If you can’t, then forget it.”

Escalion, who spat out mischievously, lowered his head to Belladonna.

Belladonna, startled by his suddenly approaching face, once again blocked his lips with both hands.

Escalion playfully stuck out his tongue and licked her palm.

“……!”

W, what is this! What a pervert?

Belladonna quickly removed her palm, blushed, and screamed silently.

*How could the Pope think of sending the Saintess to such a playboy!*

“It’s not difficult, is it? I’ll let you off the hook if you just hum.”

Escalion spat out again with a sly expression.