I’ll Become the Female Lead in this Trashy Webnovel - CH 33.2

33. You make me so miserable (2)

So-hee realized that her face was gradually cooling down.

It was time to return to her husband.

However, the thick arms around her shoulders tightened as if he had no intentions of letting her go.

“Deon, you’re  going to die at this rate.” Deon smirked, whispering so low that Joshua couldn’t hear him. “Don’t worry. I’m going to kill him first.”

Did this guy realize that he almost died just now from a blow to the head?

So-hee was briefly stunned at how he managed to be calm in this situation.

Nervous at her husband’s icy temperament, Sohee pinched Deon’s muscular forearm.

“Ah!”

The quick pain caused his arm to loosen and So-hee was able to slip out of his grip.

Upon seeing Deon’s face looking like a mess, she exhaled a sigh.

“I hope you treat your wounds well. I’ll see you when I see you, Deon.”

‘You should be thankful that I didn’t let you die, idiot.’

The true voice of her heart got buried as she scanned the place she was about to go back to.

Joshua glanced down at her and Deon with arms folded over his chest.

‘Damn, my future is going to be tough.’ So-hee thought bitterly as she limped towards Joshua.

Joshua stared straight into her eyes without moving in his place.

As she stood in front of him, he pulled her without saying a word.

Despite feeling warm from the bright sun on her skin, the cool wind seemed to affect her even more.

Joshua was silent the whole time , bothering everyone in their vicinity.

“Clean up and come back.”

He just gave her an order.

* * *

The sound of flames on wood crackling in the fireplace almost drove her insane.

It was so quiet in the bedroom that all Sohee could hear was the sound of her gulps as she swallowed her saliva down her dry throat.

There was no conversation between the two as they traveled from the West Tower to her bedroom.

Currently, Sohee was observing her surroundings to keep herself busy.

If she opened her mouth and uttered nonsense, she might offend the crown prince.

As he changed her soiled bandages, Joshua spoke.

“Ariad.”

“Wow. I never imagined I’d come across such a window myself! It’s quite interesting.”

As So-hee shared about what had caught her attention, she sniffed out a runny without a smile.

Joshua fiddled with the hem of her dirty dress that she hadn’t changed yet.

The subtle movements of the fabric along with the silence tickled her heart in discomfort.

She felt suffocated and it didn’t feel pleasant at all.

“If you know what I was thinking, you would never dare do this again.”

So-hee, who had lowered her head, raised her face.

Then, she made eye contact with the man who watched her all this time at the edge of the bed.

Joshua’s lips were pressed into a tight line while his calm-looking gaze earlier had finally exposed his dark emotions without hiding them.

“What are you thinking?”

She barely spoke as she examined her surroundings right now but in truth, she was dying to talk a hundred words ever since they left the West Tower.

Joshua’s handsome face was devoid of his signature smile so she wouldn’t be that surprised if he planned to nail some iron plates into her bedroom window soon.

There was no way to blame anyone for the path she had chosen herself.

Yes.

When she returned to her real world and saw her web novel’s comments, her readers’ reactions to Ariad’s confinement were pretty good.

In her defense, she had rationalized her life at that time by saying that it wouldn’t be bad to be confined like this as long as it earned her some money.

“You make me miserable,” Joshua said huskily.

The low voice awakened something in her and it felt like it was scratching at her heart.

As he drew closer to her feet, the crack in his voice became more vivid.

“Yes. I will not kill you as you asked me to.”

‘I won’t kill you.’

Just mentioning these words made her a bit anxious.

Relieved, Sohee decided to speak more comfortably than before.

As the plot development went smoothly as she wanted, So-hee chatted excitedly and blurted out as he listened.

“That’s a good idea, Joshua. I told you before that I don’t want blood on your hands, didn’t I? Blood would spill more blood and killing Deon will not do you any good. I thought of you….”

Was he wondering if she was out of her mind?

She cleared her throat and continued talking animatedly again.

“——-so you don’t have to be miserable. I’m next to you after all. Like this.”

As her arms gestured playfully at the both of them, his stiff face remained.

Joshua remained silent as he stroked her cheek.

She thought his deep baritone was trembling earlier but his touch seemed very bold.

Still, warning bells rang in her head.

“I can’t do this anymore, Ariad.”

“What?”

“Give me your heart, too.”

Joshua sounded like he finally acknowledged his feelings for her and he wanted to be comfortable with them.

Now, he wanted to find the exact destination without wavering.

“Ariad, your body, and mind——”

It was straightforward.

“I need it all now.”