Chapter 101: Thank you kiss
Instead, she set the device carefully onto the grass beside them and turned back to him and lunged forward, her hands slamming gently against his chest and forcing him backward onto the grass.
"Aria—?"
She pinned his arms, hovering over him with an intensity burning in her golden eyes. Leaning down, she ruthlessly hijacked his mouth with her soft, plump, whiskey-stained lips.
"Mmmph—!"
It wasn’t a thank you kiss.
Driven by years of repressed loneliness, alcohol, and overwhelming affection, the former villainess poured her entire soul into the kiss. She deepened the kiss aggressively, her warm tongue tangling with his, filling his senses with the intoxicating blend of high-grade spirits, luxury perfume, and passion.
When she finally pulled back, a thin thread of saliva lingered between their parted lips.
"Don’t you dare leave me, Eren..." Aria whimpered, her voice dropping into a desperate whisper as she collapsed forward, burying her face into the crook of his neck. "I don’t want to get hurt again... I can’t take it... So please... even if you have other girls surrounding you... love me as much as you possibly can..."
Eren lay on the grass, feeling her body tremble. He let out a husky rumble, his hands moving up her slender waist to wrap securely around her back, pulling her flush against him.
"You are never going to get hurt again, Aria," Eren said, his voice carrying absolute conviction. "And you will never have to suffer through that miserable loneliness ever again. I won’t allow it."
Aria slowly lifted her head, her eyes shimmering with a tearful hope under the silver moonlight.
"Promise...?" she whispered, her voice trembling like a frightened child’s. "Do you truly promise me, Eren...?"
Eren’s fingers gently traced her flushed cheek, wiping away the tears. He felt the intense, burning heat of her desire radiating against his chest as he tenderly tucked a few stray strands of blue hair behind her ear.
"It’s a promise," Eren said, looking directly into her eyes with a possessive warmth. "And I’m not just promising your personal happiness. Whatever you wish for in this world. Whatever goal you set your heart on. I will make it reality."
Aria’s breath hitched, a trembling sigh escaping her plump lips. She leaned back down against him, her hands clutching his collar as if he were the only person she could hold on to.
"Promise me something else then..." she purred, her voice dropping into an intimate plea. "Promise that you’ll become the Duke of Reading right beside me... Promise you’ll stay by my side and keep giving me this warmth, this security... Promise that you’ll give me your children, so we can pass down the Duchy and eventually retire peacefully far away from all this..."
Eren let out a husky rumble from his chest, tightening his arms around her waist. "You’ve set the bar ridiculously high... but yes. I’ll spend the rest of my life making good on those promises."
A soft, radiant smile broke across Aria’s face. She leaned up and planted a sweet kiss against his cheek.
"Thank you, my darling..." she whispered.
Then, driven by a sudden surge of possessive, drunken instinct, Aria tilted her head and buried her teeth directly into the side of his neck, biting down hard enough to leave a clear mark on his skin.
"Ow—!" Eren winced, his eyes widening in surprise. "Hey, what are you, a vampire now?"
She laughed at his joke as she released his neck and pushed herself up onto her feet.
"I’m happy, Eren..." she whispered, her voice carrying a lightness he had never heard before. "So much happier than I’ve ever been in my entire life. Thank you... you idiot."
Eren sat up, resting his forearms on his knees as he watched her walk slowly toward the moonlit shore.
"You know..." Aria murmured, stopping right where the grass met the dark, glassy water. "I used to come to this lake whenever the pressure felt too heavy... whenever I felt like giving up entirely. I used to stare into the deep water and wonder if drowning in its beauty was the only peaceful escape left for me."
She paused, turning her head slightly to look back at him through her lashes.
"But tonight is completely different," she said softly, a beautiful resolve settling over her face. "I don’t want to be the cold villainess anymore. I don’t want to be the perfect heiress of the Reading Duchy. Tonight... I want to be Aria. The Aria who fell hopelessly in love with you."
With graceful slowness, she reached up and began to unbutton her elegant dress.
Eren watched as she removed her clothes piece by piece, tossing them carefully onto the grass. She stepped toward the shore and slowly removed the layers she’d worn all her life—not just silk and lace, but the mask of the perfect noble daughter. Each piece landed quietly on the grass until there was nothing left between her and the moonlit water.
Stepping into the lake, the cool water lapped gently at her feet and ankles.
She turned back to face him fully, illuminated like an ethereal goddess in the silver glow of the full moon. Her firm, large breasts, her sculpted, slender waist, her pristine belly button, and the long, graceful lines of her hips were laid bare before him.
Yet, as Eren’s blue eyes took in the vision, no lustful thoughts dominated his mind. For the first time, his thoughts were completely silent. All he saw was an impossibly breathtaking woman who had finally shed her heavy armor, stepping out of her past to share a moment of pure freedom with him.
She was, quite literally, a moon goddess walking upon the earth.
Aria let out a delighted hum, wading deeper until the cool water submerged her up to her neck, swimming through the silver ripples.
"Be careful out there," Eren called out, a warm, amused smile breaking across his face as he walked over to the water’s edge. "The lake is deeper than it looks."
Splash—!
A wave of cold water hit Eren right across the chest and face.
Aria surfaced a few feet away, her blue hair slicked back and a thoroughly mischievous, cat-like grin across her flushed face.
"What’s the matter, darling?" she teased, her voice ringing out over the quiet lake. "If you want to take revenge on your fiancée for splashing you, you’ll just have to come in and catch me yourself!"
Eren wiped the water from his face, his eyes sparkling with affectionate amusement.
"Target is completely out of control," Eren smirked as he unbuttoned his coat, dropping to the grass alongside his boots. "And I wouldn’t have it any other way."
Unbothered by the late-night coldness, Eren stepped into the water, ready to share the peaceful night with the girl who had finally found her happiness.
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[Today only two Chapters since my mind been messy all the day. Sorry guys]