Chapter 151: Chapter 77.1

“what do you mean? was it the first time we were together on a boat?”

“yes but i don’t want to elaborate. i’ve changed a lot since then.”

“you are different. me too. i mean… us.”

these words were somehow significant unlike before.

cassian sprayed yernia with water while she was still scooping them with her hands.

when she sprayed the water that she had gathered over cassian’s head, he laughed as if he had already given up.

after playing with water for a long time, both of them counted the stars hanging in the night sky as seen through the window.

when their eyes met, she didn’t notice that a little time had passed.

she quickly realized that cassian had intended to kiss her so yernia pushed his lips away with her hand.

“you said you won’t do anything else.” she told him as if she was sick of it.

“i said i’d try but i didn’t say i won’t.”

it wasn’t enough that he had plastered his mouth against yernia’s palm.

she withdrew her hand instantly when he puckered his lips as if to kiss.

as if he had been waiting for this moment, cassian advanced toward her.

“you, swindler!”

“i’ll listen to your scolding later.”

yernia couldn’t reply anymore because cassian’s mouth was already on hers.

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“go away! i’m off limits right now.”

wrapped in a blanket, yernia pushed cassian away with her feet.

cassian was a real beast.

she didn’t want to admit it but she could only express cassian’s behavior like that.

“who told you to dress like that?”

cassian sighed, running his fingers through his hair.

he seemed to have sympathized with yernia’s situation because he didn’t dare approach her anymore.

yernia retreated to the headboard while hugging a pillow.

she planned to throw it at him the instant he came near.

“then, you’ll keep——how dare you tell me that there’s no point in wearing clothes if it keeps falling down?”

from the day they had taken a bath together until the next, yernia hadn’t been able to step out of the cabin.

it wasn’t like cassian had locked her up that was why she couldn’t leave.

it was because he couldn’t seem to leave her alone.

“did you think i’d leave you alone after you wore my clothes? didn’t you try to seduce me first? all i did was fall for your temptation.”

“oh! this is unfair!”

yernia was upset because she had a valid reason why she was wearing cassian’s shirt.

the dress she had worn while rolling in the snow got so wet that she had to wash and dry it.

unfortunately, her dress wasn’t dry yet due to the lack of strong sunlight.

at least, cassian’s shirt was dry.

in the meantime, yernia and cassian lived in this cabin while wearing only robes.

life was convenient but her robe was too large and too loose that it kept flowing down.

while he was sleeping, she picked up cassian’s shirt and wore it over her robe.

“did you wake up?”

as soon as he woke up, he rushed straight to yernia who was looking back at him with his shirt on.

“i just wanted to get dressed!” she said,flustered.

“you don’t want to do anything else?” cassian asked so naturally that it made her speechless.

“you! are you a beast?”

“i thought i’d let you go but i can’t do it when you criticize me too much. i’m afraid i’ll have to act like an animal as you said.”

his excuse was good.

did this mean that he didn’t want to cut her some slack?

yernia’s eyes widened when cassian climbed onto the bed.

this time, he had no intention of letting her slide.

in the meantime, yernia felt pretty good so she accepted him while pretending to surrender to his sensual advances.

but he was just too much.

“i can’t do it anymore, cassian. i won’t!”

“then i’ll just kiss you. is it alright?”

“no, you can’t.”

“why?”

yernia reached out and shoved cassian’s chest.

cassian, who was crawling up, grabbed yernia’s foot and scanned the curvature of her soles with his fingertips.

his fluffy hair seemed to rise up close.

yernia couldn’t resist the tickles and burst into laughter.

“oh, don’t! don’t do that! seriously!”

“i know you like it!”

“who? ah~ it tickles.”

“tell me why you can’t kiss me.”

cassian released her foot when yernia forcefully tugged it out of his grip.

“we have to go back. how long are we gonna be here?”

“kiss me first. then, we’ll go back.”

he never told her earlier that this would end with just a kiss.

she didn’t believe it.

no, she didn’t.

yernia shook her head firmly. “maybe, next time. when we go back to the barracks, we can’t do this anymore. are you aware?”

“i think you’re misunderstanding something but we are husband and wife. no one cares about what couples do behind closed doors.”

did he just declare that he wouldn’t leave yernia alone even after they had returned?

yernia seriously wondered if she would die from dealing with cassian.

however, she knew very well that cassian wouldn’t touch her if she said no.