The Villain's End Is Pregnancy - c45
– Hendrick –
“Ugh, haa… Mmm.”
The nape of the neck suddenly touched feels ticklish. I can feel the repressed desire surging back up again and again.
What makes this unfamiliar yet somewhat acceptable to me is the sweet and warm omega cradled in my arms.
The already hazy-minded Ryan was rubbing his heated body against me without awareness, enticing me alluringly.
“Wow, Your Highness!”
As we reached the detached palace, a maid came rushing out with a shocked expression.
“Send everyone away and clear the palace.”
With just one sentence, Hendrick immediately went inside. Since it was late at night, there were not many personnel left to guard the usually occupied palace.
“Until dawn, do not let anyone in.”
Still, I didn’t want anyone to witness me and Ryan together. Even if this was a place where I had spent nights before.
“Haa… Hendrick.”
“Yes.”
Hendrick responded affectionately to the voice calling him. Then, unable to resist, he devoured the soft lips. Every time he nibbled and sucked, the body in his embrace trembled.
As the gap opened, the hot, fleshy tongue met his. It was impossible to miss the excitement, not rejection.
And so, the kiss gradually took on an explicit and lustful air from the very beginning.
“Mmh, hss, mmm, mm!”
The standing maid, unable to stay still, stared with wide eyes. Shocked by this new side of the prince, who usually only showed a stern and composed demeanor.
But what puzzled her even more was the one he was pouring the passionate kisses on. The substance of the hushed rumors was unfolding before the maid’s eyes.
“Move immediately!”
“Yes, yes! Your Highness!”
At the thunderous shout, the maid scurried away in a hurry. Without even looking that way, Hendrick began climbing the stairs.
“Ugh, haa, He-Hendrick…”
As if even moving was burdensome, Ryan twisted his body. His head was often thrown back, unable to be controlled.
Unable to ignore the precarious and alluring movements of the omega, Hendrick would occasionally halt his steps to randomly pepper him with kisses.
“Stop acting so pretty. I might not be able to hold back and do something here.”
Twisting his waist and rubbing his lower body, Ryan met Hendrick’s gaze. His reddened eyes were filled with resentment and reproach.
“I, I didn’t do anything…”
Hendrick wiped the falling tears with his thumb and caressed the cheek. As his hand lowered, he opened his mouth while keeping it pressed against the lips.
“I don’t mind, but you do, don’t you.”
It seemed to be the limit, little by little. His instincts kept whispering, and the desire to succumb to them was growing stronger.
That was not an answer to Ryan. It was just a way of informing him that Hendrick’s own state was precarious.
The damp, tear-entangled eyelashes fluttered as they fell down. The sight reminded him of a certain day in the past.
Back then, too, Hendrick had felt an intense urge to kiss that pitiful and beautiful face.
“Ryan.”
He called the name, licking his lips. Strange. His appetite had awakened. He wanted to devour everything, suck it all in.
Sticking out his tongue, he licked the lower lip. Looking down, he saw Ryan trembling.
“Are you scared?”
Ryan shook his head in denial. Hendrick’s lips curled upwards.
“Then?”
Feigning ignorance, even though he could guess the reason. All the while, he diligently moved, finally entering the bedroom where they would be alone.
Without even thinking of closing the door, he walked all the way in, and the spacious bed came into view.
“Hendrick…”
Meeting the gaze at the pleading call, Hendrick saw the swollen, bitten lips trembling. After hesitating several times, the words that could no longer be contained slipped out.
“Qu-quickly, quickly… do something, I…”
* * *
“Knotting…”
“It’s too late.”
“Tch.”
The connection will not be broken until it is completely released.
“You bastard.”
It was Ryan who finally accused him, voice choked with sobs.
“Yes. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
Hendrick apologized reflexively. Then he realized there was something more important to say in this situation.
“Ryan.”
Whether this will genuinely reach the other, he doesn’t know. But he knows the time has come to reveal the truth that he can no longer ignore or keep hiding.
“I like you.”
The expression of his feelings finally uttered out loud. And at the same time, Hendrick realizes that he truly does like Ryan.
“I like you, Ryan.”
As he poured out the overflowing words again, a sense of fulfillment now filled his inner heart.
Ryan looked up at him with wide eyes. His trembling pupils seemed confused. Seeing that face, Hendrick gently curved his lips.
“It’s true. I couldn’t say it before…”
“Hey.”
The apology for not being able to say it was abruptly cut off by the gruff call. The round eyes, previously so soft, were now filled with tension.
“Don’t do anything you’ll regret later.”
And then the cold words. Hendrick felt a stinging pain, as if his heart had been pierced by a knife.
“Ryan. I…”
“This incident today is just because of the pheromones. Nothing else.”
Before Hendrick could even try to persuade him, Ryan sharply cut him off. Holding him tenderly even now, Ryan was speaking coolly. Hendrick silently gazed down at him.
“I see.”
“That’s enough.”
It seems Ryan has regained his senses. He was no longer clinging or whimpering like before.
But Hendrick had no intention of backing down yet. The sexual desire of a dominant alpha would not subside so easily.
“It’s not over yet.”
“…What!”
Only then did Ryan seem to realize what Hendrick was about to do, his expression turning aghast. Hendrick’s large hands gripped Ryan’s slender waist.
“Ah!”
His head was thrown back, exposing the white nape. Hendrick mercilessly left bite marks on it. Startled, Ryan’s skin broke out in goosebumps.
He licked the reddened marks with his tongue, imprinting his traces densely around the area. So that anyone could see this omega was his.
Driven by the wicked desire that Ryan would no longer reject him.
His heart throbbed again. He wasn’t sure if it was from guilt or the wound of being rejected.
“I like you, Ryan.”
For now, the priority was to prevent the one trying to distance himself from escaping.
The bedroom was filled with moans and cries, screams and gasps, creaks and squelching sounds.
“I hope you understand my true feelings.”
Feeling the second knotting subsiding, Hendrick’s voice was plaintive. But the Ryan who could have listened to his sincerity had already lost consciousness.
* * *
“The prince is quite remarkable, isn’t he? Just leaving that willful youngest Fitzroy like that.”
“Yeah. Doesn’t it bother you? I heard he would constantly follow the prince wherever he went.”
“Well, the prince is known to be magnanimous. If it were me, I would have stopped him from approaching long ago.”
“But the Fitzroy took advantage of that and stubbornly clung to him even more.”
Hendrick, just about to enter the hallway after completing his afternoon schedule, stopped in his tracks. The voices coming from not too far away sounded familiar.
“That’s why I had to do this, you know?”
“Right. He’ll probably come to his senses now. That guy is funny too, chasing after the prince’s belongings like a treasure hunt.”
“He’s just a foul-tempered fool, so it was easy to sweet-talk him.”
“Haha… Is that how it is?”
But there was something unsettling about the conversation. When Peter next to him tried to approach them, Hendrick waved his hand to stop him.
“When will you go get him?”
“Hmm… What should we do?”
Unaware that the prince had returned, their conversation continued.
“It’s already evening, so we should drop a hint or two, don’t you think? There’s a rumor that evil spirits appear in the forbidden garden at night.”
“That’s right. No matter how annoying he is, we can’t just let the precious young master of the Count’s family get drenched in the night dew.”
“Yeah, be moderate. If that guy tries to retaliate again, what are we going to do?”
Even as they spoke with a tone of concern, they kept chuckling. No matter how one listened, those were not words spoken out of consideration for the other party.
“This time, he won’t be able to, right? He’ll know that if the commotion gets too big, it will backfire on me.”
“Well, if it’s revealed that he was in a place he shouldn’t have been, it will be troublesome.”
Listening to the consecutive conversations, Hendrick’s expression gradually hardened.
“Peter.”
“Yes, Your Highness. I will immediately release the people…”
“No. I’ll go myself. You send them away. Make sure they don’t carelessly spread word about today’s incident.”
“But, Your Highness.”
“Hurry.”
Peter couldn’t hide his perplexed expression, but soon bowed his head. As he walked away, Hendrick turned his body as well.
Punishing those who dared to do such a despicable thing without his consent can wait. Now, he had to go find the one who had been left alone in the forbidden garden.
Recalling the small face crouched on the low tree, Hendrick headed towards the restricted area, accompanied only by the guard Elena.
“Your Highness, you shouldn’t go this way.”
Elena, following behind, immediately protested.
“There is someone who has lost their way inside. I have to find them.”
“Then I will order the other guards.”
“No. I’ll go myself. You stay here and prevent anyone else from entering.”
Surprised at the instruction to literally block anyone who might appear, Elena hesitated.
“Your Highness!”
“That’s an order.”
Hendrick showed a somewhat coercive attitude as he entered.
“Ryan.”
He called the name, but only the sound of the wind and insects responded.
“Where are you.”
He looked around, but there was no familiar sight anywhere. Suddenly, Hendrick realized something.
Since he had known Ryan, he had never been the one to actively seek him out first.
‘Why was that?’
The reason was simple. Whenever he turned his head or went somewhere, the small, round face was always there.
Anytime, anywhere.
Didn’t that bother him?
He recalled something someone had said.
No, Hendrick had never disliked it when Ryan’s gaze fell on him. Instead, he often found the way Ryan seemed to follow him around endearing.
“What was I thinking…”
Before he could fully comprehend the meaning of the suddenly surfaced emotions, Hendrick quickly shook them off.