The Impostor Will Now Exit 44

# Chapter 44

Asher felt a chill run down his back. With an eerie feeling, he tightly gripped his hands and slowly turned around.

“Then would you care to explain? What appointment was so important that you had to leave me behind?”

The eyes that met his felt as hot as the firelight from the fireplace. Asher rolled his eyes and smiled awkwardly.

“W-well, first, let’s move to—”

He was about to suggest moving to another spot, but Luke brought his nose to Asher’s nape and brushed against his skin.

“Your Highness?!”

Asher flinched in surprise and shrank back, but Luke continued sucking around his neck as he had always done. As if filling a long absence, his sucking left Asher’s neck covered with mottled marks.

“…Hah. Just a moment, please.”

Despite Asher’s desperate voice, Luke didn’t stop. Instead, he whispered to Asher in a sticky voice.

“It’s been a month. Don’t you think I’ve been patient enough?”

“But…!”

“Then it’s better if you stay still. I’m exercising maximum restraint as it is.”

Luke smiled at Asher with a face full of desire. It was as if he knew Asher was weak to that smile. Asher stared at him blankly until he felt a button pop open.

“Y-Your Highness?”

Asher tried to stop his hand with a startled expression, but too late. Luke had already undone two buttons and brought his lips to Asher’s exposed collarbone, kissing it.

With a smack, Asher felt Luke’s breath tickling his skin. He could clearly sense how much Luke wanted him, and it drove him crazy.

“This will hurt.”

Before Asher could ask what he meant, Luke bit down hard on his collarbone area. The pain was so intense that Asher felt tears welling in his eyes.

“Hnng… it hurts…”

Asher tapped Luke’s shoulder because it hurt so much, but Luke paid no attention and licked the area with his teeth marks with the tip of his tongue.

“I thought about biting your nape when I saw you. Perhaps I would have if you hadn’t tested my patience.”

“What… do you mean?”

For an Alpha to bite an Omega’s neck was almost instinctual, but biting the nape specifically was akin to a proposal. Alphas and Omegas marked each other by biting each other’s napes. But that applied to mutual marking.

In cases of one-sided marking, he had heard that the one who does the marking cannot smell the pheromones of anyone except their partner until the mark breaks. In severe cases, they suffer from extreme headaches and coughing up blood, living in pain for the rest of their life. The fact that Luke had considered doing this was shocking to Asher.

“But I changed my mind. So I’d like you to understand this much. I’m still holding back a lot right now.”

With those final words, Luke pushed Asher down onto the sofa. As if everything he’d done so far was nothing, he slipped his finger into his cravat and pulled.

“My father will come!”

“You know better than anyone that’s not going to happen.”

He spoke as if he already knew all about the Duke. Then at some point, he dropped the cravat he was holding to the floor and devoured Asher’s lips. It was so rough that intermittent gasps escaped from Asher’s mouth.

“Don’t hold back your moans.”

Luke chewed on Asher’s lower lip that had been drawn into his mouth with the edge of his teeth and tugged at it. Finally, a fruit-like moan escaped from Asher.

“Hnng…!”

Even though their lips were merely pressed together, a hot heat rushed through Asher’s entire body. Startled by the pulsing sound, he inadvertently raised his knee, but surprised by the contact with Luke’s center, he lowered his leg. However, Luke firmly grasped Asher’s thigh and wedged it back between his legs.

“Ah, …th-that place…!”

Along with the slick feeling from his lower body, Asher’s mouth was captured again. It was closer to being completely devoured. Asher curled his toes and tensed as Luke stimulated the inside of his mouth as if ravaging it with his tongue.

“…Haang, …nng.”

The more Asher struggled, the more vividly he felt the sensations, making him dizzy. Finally, Asher tried to push him away, using the excuse that he couldn’t breathe, but Luke, as if he had already read his thoughts, gradually released his pheromone, making Asher’s reason hazy. Eventually, Asher’s eyes, weakened by the pheromone, became cloudy.

“Asher.”

Through the occasional gaps, Luke called Asher’s name while caressing the roof of his mouth. Like someone who knew exactly which parts of Asher were vulnerable and which were sensitive, he straightened his tongue and rubbed around Asher’s throat in circles.

“…Hnng, n-no… don’t…”

Asher struggled as if trying to escape the ticklish sensation in his navel. But Luke wedged his tongue up to below Asher’s throat and tapped it. Asher turned his head with a choking feeling, but Luke, seemingly intent on making a mess of Asher, changed his angle and pressed his mouth deeper.

“Lu-Luke…!”

Unable to endure any longer, Asher called his name, and Luke delved into the parted lips like an awl. Asher felt his head spin once more from the stimulating teasing that made his lower parts throb.

“Hng…”

Feeling it was about to get truly dangerous, Asher tried to get up and escape. But even that attempt was thwarted as Luke caught his waist and pulled him back down helplessly.

“Don’t worry. I don’t intend to go all the way, just like always.”

He didn’t seem to have any intention of crossing the line until Asher said he wanted it. Not knowing how much such behavior made one’s blood run dry, Asher, unable to bear it anymore, bit down hard on Luke’s lips. Red drops of blood spread over his lips.

“…See, …I told you… hng… to stop.”

Asher exhaled heavily and gave an apologetic look. But Luke licked the blood drops with the tip of his tongue as if they were delicious and grinned.

“It’s fine.”

“…”

“This makes us even for the mark I left on your neck, doesn’t it?”

Luke flashed his red eyes with a seductive look. Somehow, it even gave the illusion that a deep madness was lurking within.

The flow of air loosened, and Asher hurriedly tried to turn his back. Then, realizing that Luke’s large hand was pressing on his shoulder blade, he trembled at the corners of his mouth.

“C-Could you remove your hand?”

Asher glanced at Luke cautiously and quickly covered his mouth with the back of his hand. It was an action taken for fear of being taken advantage of again, but Luke brought his lips to Asher’s ear and whispered quietly.

“I was thinking of spending this rut with you. Would you allow it?”

Asher’s eyelids fluttered in surprise at the unexpected words. Then, realizing that his heat cycle would coincide with Luke’s rut cycle, he shook his head.

“…No.”

According to Aria, his cycle was irregular, but the next heat would come in February. It was now December, the end of the year, and Luke’s next rut would be at the end of January. The last time he left the villa was also at the end of the month, so it would be around that time.

Asher looked up at Luke with an anxious face and gently pushed him away.

“I plan to visit the rural village of Foston this winter. I intend to stay there for a month before returning.”

“If you tell me your schedule in advance, I’ll try to match my time accordingly.”

“What? Why would Your Highness…”

“What Alpha would just stand by while you’re away from home for a month?”

Asher’s eyes trembled finely at Luke’s obsessive gaze. Somehow, the more he pushed him away, the more Luke seemed to become obsessed with him. Asher bit his lip, deep in thought, then looked up at Luke.

“I’ll be honest with you. The reason I’ve been avoiding Your Highness all this time is because it was burdensome.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m not ready for anything yet, but Your Highness always moves ahead… it was too difficult for me.”

Of course, there were many reasons, but this was the only plausible one he could explain to Luke. Asher took advantage of the loosened atmosphere to escape from him. Then he picked up the cravat from the floor and stood directly in front of Luke.

“I want a wholesome relationship with Your Highness.”

“…”

“Of course, I know how considerate Your Highness is of me, but this is what I want right now.”

In any case, by spring, everything would fall into place regardless of his intentions. In such a situation, wondering if there was any need for their relationship to become strained, Asher put the cravat around Luke’s collar and said,

“So please understand just a little.”

Although he knew it was a selfish request, Asher smiled at Luke while tying the knot of the cravat.