Chapter 140
Thinking she might stop breathing if this continued, Elena tried to look away.
However, Lupeon’s hand gently gripping her chin was faster.
In an instant, the man claimed her lips and invaded her soft flesh when she parted them.
Elena felt her vision growing increasingly blurry as her mind drifted away.
As they endlessly explored each other’s lips, Lupeon, having lost his self-control, suddenly lifted her up.
When Elena wrapped her arms around his neck with ragged breath, he chuckled and tickled her ear.
“I won’t promise not to make you cry.”
* * *
Early morning, as warm sunlight filtered in, a gentle breeze flowed through the slightly opened window.
Elena slowly lifted her heavy eyelids at the birds’ clear and pure chirping.
Perhaps because of the persistent torment until early dawn, it felt like her entire body ached.
Unable to move properly from the lingering pain, she was trapped in the arms of the culprit who had made her this way.
Though she whimpered and tried to escape his embrace, his arms around her only tightened further.
Elena narrowed her eyes and grumbled softly at her husband who appeared to be in deep sleep with his eyes closed.
“Lupeon, I know you’re not really sleeping.”
“Did you sleep well, Elena?”
Lupeon, with an elegant curve to his lips, was radiating fatal beauty from the morning.
For some reason, his face was glowing brightly, and unlike her who ached everywhere, he seemed quite refreshed.
‘How does he still have so much energy left?’
Recalling the night’s events, Elena slightly pursed her lips with inexplicable indignation.
Lupeon, watching her lovingly, gently brushed back her fallen hair.
Elena smiled broadly at the warm touch conveyed through his caress, making her brief sulking seem meaningless.
Then, unconsciously poking at his lean muscles, she showed eyes bright with curiosity.
‘Maybe I should do strength training to build up my stamina.’
While she was lost in thought, Lupeon stiffened slightly and spoke with a subtle expression.
“It’s troublesome if you keep stimulating me from the morning.”
Facing her husband who was uncharacteristically blushing, Elena, flustered, deliberately played innocent.
“I didn’t do anything?”
Meanwhile, covered by just a thin cloth under the blanket, she felt a belated embarrassment washing over her.
Rolling her eyes around, Elena spoke with an awkward smile.
“Shall we have… a different conversation than our bodies?”
Lupeon’s lips leaked a playful smile at her attitude, seemingly conscious of him with a stiff expression.
“Whatever my wife wishes.”
‘Wife…?’
Secretly pleased at the changed form of address after the wedding, Elena pulled up her lips slightly and struggled to sit up.
“Are you getting up already?”
His face looked so much like a dejected puppy that Elena felt her heart tickle again.
However, she couldn’t stay in the room forever with such a busy person.
Moreover, wasn’t he the sun leading the Valdeon Empire?
“You need to go attend to state affairs soon too, Lupeon.”
Unable to particularly refute those words, the man slightly furrowed his brow and caressed her slender fingers.
“I don’t want to be apart from you even for a moment.”
Having rushed their wedding, their schedules had become tangled, and they unintentionally couldn’t go on a honeymoon.
Meeting the eyes of Lupeon, who wore a face tinged with regret, Elena laughed softly and said.
“Let’s go on a long trip together next time.”
“Somewhere no one can interfere?”
Though his words seemed to have changed somewhat subtly, she nodded with a gentle smile.
* * *
“I’m glad it suits the young lady’s taste.”
“Yes, Big Sister’s cookies are the most delicious in the world!”
Elena was enjoying refreshments with her young lady on the imperial palace garden terrace.
Seeing the lovely child enjoying the desserts she had made, she felt her heart growing warm and fuzzy.
Elena smiled brightly as she wiped away cookie crumbs stuck to Anasha’s cheeks.
The child, who had been diligently drinking white milk, seemed to have something to say and after hesitating briefly, opened her mouth.
“Big Sister, I have something to ask.”
“Hmm, what is it?”
As Elena tilted her head with puzzled eyes, Anasha whispered in a small voice as if embarrassed.
“Can I sleep with Big Sister tonight?”
Thinking about it, she felt somewhat sorry that she hadn’t been able to spend time with the child at night lately.
Nodding slightly, Elena gently pinched her young lady’s soft cheeks, careful not to hurt her.
“Of course you can.”
At those words, Anasha smiled brightly, her clear eyes shining as if her wish had been granted.
“Then I’ll come right after I finish my homework!”
“Yes, Young Miss.”
Elena gazed affectionately at the child’s cute and lovely face.
She was just thinking she should tell Lupeon, who had been visiting her chambers every night, to yield to Anasha for today.
Though his face wasn’t clearly visible with the sun backlighting him, a man with a tall stature and unique aura approached them.
Lightly placing his hand over Elena’s left hand wearing the wedding ring, he spoke in a languid voice.
“So this is where everyone was.”
“Lupeon, you’re here?”
When Elena welcomed him with a gentle smile, Lupeon briefly kissed her forehead.
Startled by his natural action, Elena hurriedly looked at Anasha, but fortunately the child didn’t seem to have seen it.
“What were you talking about?”
When Lupeon showed interest in their conversation, Anasha answered with a triumphant expression.
“Big Sister and I are going to talk all night today. Right, Big Sister?”
“…Is that true?”
The man slightly furrowed his brow and raised his previously straight eyebrows toward Elena.
Meeting the gazes of both siblings, she nodded with a sheepish smile.
Then Lupeon, who had been lost in thought for a moment, looked at his young sister and spoke.
“I’m afraid that won’t be possible, Anasha.”
The child’s eyes grew round like a rabbit’s as if she had heard something completely unexpected.
Soon she glared at her brother with a face full of dissatisfaction.
“You should yield today, Brother. Big Sister agreed to sleep with me!”
Seeming completely unbothered by those words, Lupeon answered with a relaxed attitude.
“Anasha. Your Big Sister is my wife. Which means she’ll be sleeping with me from now on.”
Watching her husband smiling down at his sister and the young lady fuming, Elena couldn’t help but sigh.
‘The embarrassment in these moments always falls to me.’
She wore an ambiguous smile, thinking the two seemed to be having increasingly childish arguments lately.
Unable to quietly watch their subtle battle of nerves, Elena clapped her hands lightly.
“Then, why don’t we all sleep together tonight?”
At those words, Anasha slightly glared at her brother while puffing up her cheeks.
Lupeon also didn’t seem very pleased, showing clear signs of bewilderment.
Elena laughed softly at their reactions and captured them in her gaze for a long time.
To her, who had now formed a complete family with the Argenta siblings, they were both invaluable existences.
Being together felt so natural that she could no longer imagine a life without them.
Elena, wearing a smile across her face, shifted her gaze in the direction of the gentle breeze.
The afternoon sun gleamed brilliantly through the thick greenery, and the fresh scent of grass carried on the wind.
As spring flowers had turned into fresh green colors, early summer flowers had taken their place instead.
In the season when fresh greenery was ripening, the early summer sunlight shone brilliantly and colorfully through the thick leaves.
<If You Are Chosen as the New Sister-in-law of the Villain’s Family>
The End
