The Blackened Second Male Lead’s Wife - Chapter 54

The clear blue sky with no clouds and the cool breeze of early winter blew my hair pleasantly.

I was having a pleasant day.

Until I saw him.

“Hi.”

Kuhn playfully waved at me. I turned my back as soon as I saw him.

Kuhn continued to speak from behind me.

“Hey, aren’t you being too mean to me?”

“I apologize. Right now, I’m a little busy.”

“Are you so busy that you can’t even say hi back?”

“Yes. I’m so busy that I can’t even look at you.”

Kuhn, who had been following me, was suddenly in front of me and said.

“Did you get my present?”

I had no choice but to stop walking.

I spoke, facing Kuhn.

“I planned on telling you this later but since you asked… Take it back, the gift or whatever that hideous object was.”

“Why? You don’t like it?”

Kuhn began to explain the herbs with a face of resentment.

“Seems like you aren’t aware, but that herb can buy 20 of the dresses you’re wearing right now. You also can’t just buy it with money because it’s really hard to manufacture it.”

Then Kuhn laughed arrogantly.

“So? How about now? Are you going to thank me now?”

What do you mean, thank you?

I said with a straight face.

“Even if the herb is the most precious treasure in the world, I don’t want it, so take it back. Why should I accept it from you?”

The person he gave a gift to just drew a line, but Kuhn said with an innocent face, instead of feeling embarrassed.

“Because I’m interested in you.”

“……!”

My eyes widened.

Kuhn said with soft eyes.

“Isn’t it natural for a man to give something to the woman he’s interested in?”

“..….”

“I don’t know what your ideal type is, so I sent the best thing I had, but I got no reply from you. That’s why I’m here. What do you like?”

“……..”

Wow, he must be really crazy.

I looked at Kuhn with a firm face. What he said was so absurd that I couldn’t speak.

I barely managed to open my mouth.

“What’s wrong with you? Is it because of what happened at the banquet? Is that why you’re bullying me like this?”

“Does it seem like I’m bullying you?”

“Yes! It does!”

Kuhn squinted and said with a pout.

“I’m not bullying you, I’m flirting with you. You’re denser than I thought.”

“Are you serious about what you’re saying?”

“I don’t lie.”

“……”

It was even more terrible that what he said was not a lie.

Why do you like me all of a sudden?

He kept saying I was ugly ever since the first time you saw me, so he didn’t fall in love with my appearance. Did he fall in love with me because I taught him a makeup technique?

‘He was such an easy guy?’

I couldn’t understand how he fell for me.

I calmed my rough breathing. And I spoke in a serious tone to the madman, Kuhn.

‘Excuse me, I have a boyfriend.”

“Boyfriend?”

“I’m talking about Lucian.”

Kuhn’s eyes widened. He muttered, “Boyfriend…” and grabbed his belly and began to laugh.

I have no idea what he found so funny.

Whenever I say something, he would laugh out loud.

Due to this, I wasn’t in a very good mood.

I gathered my eyebrows and said to Kuhn, who was still giggling.

“So, your flirting is quite, very, really, severely, unpleasant. So I hope we won’t encounter each other in the future.”

I would have continued with, “If this happens again in the future, I will hit your neck,” but Kuhn has a sly smile on his face.

When I tried to say something–

“What are you two doing?”

Kuhn and I turned our heads toward the place where the voice was heard at the same time.

There stood Lucian with a stiff face.

Kuhn and I were facing each other, and Lucian stood one step away.

It was as if time had stopped.

It was Kuhn who opened his mouth first.

“Long time no see, Kardien, you’re still just as handsome as before.”

Lucian came to my side at once instead of greeting Kuhn. He grabbed my hand and pulled me toward him and said.

“Are you alright, Nia?”

His face was filled with concern.

Which was only natural since I was looking at Kuhn with terrifying menace.

I nodded my head.

“I’m okay.”

However, Lucian’s face did not relax.

“You don’t look okay at all. Kuhn said something unpleasant to you, right?

I gulped.

I couldn’t readily answer what he said.

‘He said he’s interested in me. Don’t you think he’s crazy?’

I can’t say that.

But then, overshadowing my delicate worries, Kuhn opened his mouth with a shameless face.

“What do you mean something unpleasant? I never said anything of that sort!”

Only then did Lucian’s head turn toward Kuhn. Kuhn continued without flinching at Lucian’s cold gaze.

“I just said one thing.”

“…….”

“I am interested in her.”

The effect caused by those words was tremendous.

I unknowingly screamed without realizing it.

Lucian’s red eyes glowed eerily.

‘We’re in danger.’

My instincts kicked in.

I shouted hurriedly, having no time to organize my thoughts.

“Stop, Lucian!”

Lucian looked at me. Soon after, his hands were holding onto the hilt of his sword that was hung around his waist.

As if he was ready to use it.

I stuttered looking at his hand.

“A-are you trying to take out your sword?”

Lucian blinked. Could those frightening eyes been an illusion?

Lucian’s face was the same as usual. He shook his head as if to dismiss the thought.

“No. I never kill people outside of the battlefield.”

“Then, why is your hand there?”

Only then did Lucian’s gaze turn to the hand holding onto his sword. Taking his hand off the sword, Lucian said with a puzzled face.

“It’s just a knight’s instinct to grab their sword without realizing it when facing a threatening situation. I didn’t mean to do anything with it.”

“…… ”

I had a hard time believing him. Kuhn also had a hard time believing him.

Kuhn muttered, wiping off the cold sweat on his forehead.

“Bull crap! If it weren’t for Pernia, you would have slit my throat right then and there.”

“……”

There was a heavy silence.

Kuhn said after letting out a long exhale.

“Well, I almost died, but it wasn’t so bad. It was thrilling seeing that expression on your face. Whether allies or enemies, you never ever so much as blinked at the sight of someone’s death.”

Kuhn smirked.

“I guess she’s special.”

I didn’t know until then.

The reason why Kuhn suddenly flirted with me.

‘It was because of Lucian.’

Kuhn was very interested in Lucian.

Although I wasn’t sure whether he held feelings of friendliness or hostility towards Lucian.

“I’ll see you next time.”

Then, Kuhn left and disappeared.

Lucian and I were walking along a deserted forest path.

Holding hands tightly.

I asked Lucian.

“You said you weren’t close to Kuhn, but it didn’t look like that at all.”

“There’s nothing going on between us. He was just picking a fight with me.”

Lucian sighed and asked with a tired face.

“Nia, what happened during these last few days?”

He looked to be very anxious for my answer,

After thinking for a while, I told Lucian everything.

It wasn’t even a secret anyway.

That Kuhn had insulted Lucian and called him a monster at the banquet hall. That that’s why I clapped back at Kuhn. And how I taught Kuhn how to do makeup.

Lucian furrowed his eyebrows.

“Were you alone with Kuhn in your room?”

“Is that what’s important right now?”

“It’s the most important thing.”

This guy sometimes has a weird point.

I said, looking askance at him.

“We were alone, but nothing happened. So, you don’t have to worry. He’s not interested in me because he has evil intentions.”

“He doesn’t have evil intentions?”

“Yeah. He was just messing with me because I’m your fiancee.”

Meaning, we should let this incident go.

However, Lucian grimaced with an incredulous expression.

“That can’t be true.”

Lucian continued with agony.

“Even though he is an eccentric man, he is also an ordinary man. If I talked to you alone in your room and no one else was there. There is no way that I wouldn’t have any special feelings towards you. My eyes would be glued to you, my heart would be pounding, and I… would have fallen in love with you.”

“…Are you certain about that?””

“Yes?”

There was no hint of deceit or playfulness on Lucian’s face.

So I became flustered.

I guess I really am the female lead of this romance novel in Lucian’s heart.

With magical charm that captivates men’s hearts with just eye contact.

I shed a few internal tears.

‘I was only an ordinary supporting villainess character.’

You’re the only man who’s fallen for me.

Instead of saying that, I touched Lucian’s cold cheeks.

“Kuhn wouldn’t have felt that way for me, but even so, it doesn’t matter.”

Lucian’s red eyes met mine.

“Because you’re the only one I like.”

“…….!”

“So stop feeling angry.”

I liked the way he looked at me at this moment.

This moment, when these intense red eyes that look like they don’t listen to anyone, become as gentle as a rabbit at the words I say.

Lucian stared at me for a long time and lowered his eyes.

Red eyes sparkled like jewels through long silver eyelashes.

“…okay.”

Yes. This is my Lucian.

I giggled and whispered as if I was telling him a secret.

“I had stopped him earlier, but.. it feels good seeing my boyfriend get jealous.”

Lucian pricked his ears.

“Then, can I do it again?”

I burst into laughter.

“As long as you don’t kill anyone.”

Lucian’s face turned red at those words. Lucian began to make excuses with a surprisingly red face.

“I grabbed my sword without realizing it. Believe me, I’m not that violent.”

“Yes, yes. I believe you.”

I pulled his face toward me as I teased him.

These moments have been delayed for too long thanks to that bastard Kuhn.

This is what I wanted to say the most.

“I missed you.”

So much.

Only then did his eyes bend softly.

Showing me the first pretty smile after reuniting.