Notice: This chapter contains slight NSFW content.
" My pregnancy " she replied casually.
The hallway had become so eerily quiet after those words left her lips, that if a needle dropped unto the floor, it would be heard clearly.
Ilios had turned silent, his gaze dropping from her face towards her clothed belly.
Rosaria only shakes her head seeing his eyes staring down at her stomach with a possessive look, she shifts her head to see her maids were watching their master's expression turned dark.
Ilios had a look on his face that belong to a man who wanted to bathe on royal blood after killing them with his bare hands.
His sharp brows wrinkled in anger, his head filled with dangerous thoughts, and his eyes revealed a glint of danger.
An ugly emotion appeared within him, it awakened and made his surroundings glitch from his point of view.
Rosaria wasn't paying attention to him and she didn't know what was fully going on in his head, she only predicted that he was going to react badly.
The princess had her attention towards the maids and knights, she glanced at them kindly while showing an apologetic smile.
Nonna wanted to leave this time and the knights looked stiff as if they'd turned to a statue, Prim, on the other hand, decided that smiling and pretending to not hear was the best option.
" Please come back later, go find Sandra and tell her to send a letter to Vanderbond saying the crown prince is looking for her " Rosaria instructed the maid and Prim nodded in understanding before leaving the hallway with Nonna, they both fled from the couple.
Rosaria turns to look at her lover and then takes Ilios's large hand into her own as she pulls him inside her room, saving the two other people outside from the uncomfortable feeling of hearing their next conversation.
The small princess has successfully taken him inside and the knights closed the door with a soft 'click'.
Rosaria wanted to settle themselves on the nearest divan when suddenly she was surprised as Ilios shifted his weight and quickly moved to her side.
" Ilios! " She lets out a surprised sound as her feet leave the floor.
She wasn't able to stop his movements before he lifts her on his shoulder and was now being carried towards her bed.
Rosaria looks at him confusedly over her shoulder, silver hair tousled from the sudden action.
Ilios had kept his mouth shut and Rosaria knew she should appease her lover.
" I'm telling you now, nothing happened between Christopher and me during our first night together," she spoke soothingly, her hand pats his shoulder twice and Ilios stops in front of her bed.
Also, I can't get pregnant with my data using Rosaria's body. As long as my data appears, the system will shut down all possibilities of reproduction. It's always like that.
Once the royal family realized I'm useless, the news will surely make things worse for me.
" You know me now, I will not let him touch me, Ilios. I did however pretend that something happened between us but it was just to fool him---!!!" Her words were cut short when Ilios drops her on her bed and he leans close, enough for his breath to fan over her lips. His hands planted on both of her sides, caging her body in place under his larger build.
They were so close that Eve could smell his scent mixed with the smell of smoke, Ilios brings her attention back with his teeth gently biting down on her lower lip and prying open, his tongue slides into her soft lips.
She closed her eyes as soon as their lips touched, the pleasant and shivering feeling of his kisses made her legs weak and fingers placed on his broad chest. Slow and tender, his tongue meets her own in a soft and gentle dance, he kissed her with great adoration and passion that made her sigh in content in between their shared kiss.
Eve was light-headed with his strong feeling towards her, it made her chest feel so full.
She too wanted him to understand she adore him, so much that people will think she is crazy. Words can't fully describe how much her heart would still want him even if he was just a code made by this world or a virus planted in the data. Once she gets out of this system, Eve will take his code and will try everything within her power to keep him close to her.
This man doesn't know much Eve is desperate for his attention and warmth, and how she is greedy for his touch and his presence next to her. The feeling of happiness of his very existence in this world, existing in front of her brings Eve the greatest comfort.
After all, she had been alone for so many lives that she live, this was the first time she had someone who cares and love her unconditionally.
She placed her hands over his shoulder, before snaking them down on his back. He hums in delight, a deeply satisfying sound vibrating in his chest as could be felt as Eve pulled him close.
Ilios follow her down, leaning close.
Never pushing away nor rejecting her actions, he settles his hands on her hips caressing his thumbs in slow motion, hands perfectly slotted on the curve of her skin as if it belongs there.
Rosaria loves his hands, pampering her every time he had the chance.
The two seemed to be lost in their own world as time seemed to move slowly around.
Ilios was the first to lean away and gave Rosaria a chance to breathe, her cheeks flush from how her heart was beating quickly on her chest from their heated and slow kiss.
Ilios lays his head on her shoulder and arms around her tiny waist. His larger frame covers his lover's small figure she lay in his embrace.
Rosaria gently runs her fingers through his black locks, and Ilios enjoys his beloved's touch.
" Are you not mad anymore? " she asked in a loving tone and Rosaria could see how Ilios had greatly calmed down.
" Nothing happened, I was simply playing tricks and nothing more" she continued, she doesn't want him to overthink and be jealous, Ilios or Alexander. Whoever or whatever he is, he is irreplaceable in her heart.
She wants him to completely understand that he has all of her trust and love that no one had in this world and her real one had gotten.
It had been so long since she completely trusted anyone and the last memory of it was so long ago that left her completely heartbroken at such a young age.
It was a part of her original life that she wasn't proud of telling anyone, with her vulnerability and ignorance that resulted in the people she cared for, paying for her mistakes.
" I'm sorry if I made you angry " she brush the short locks away from his handsome face.
" No Rosa. You should not apologize for anything, f*ck...I should be the one apologizing. I'm sorry for suddenly acting that way, I'm really selfish, I know you're not that kind of person but my mind went blank all of a sudden hearing those words, I don't know what came over me. " he sighs and hugs her waist a bit tighter.
" I want to be the only one who worships your body and the only one whose permitted. The thought of having someone unworthy of your attention...have that chance, especially someone who never treasured you. It makes my blood boil. " Ilios kissed her lower jaw as he slowly said those words in deep and angry voices, tickling her ears and heart.
Rosaria hums in understanding.
His choice of words makes her cheeks flushed again, he has always been like this, the obsession he has with being the only one for her will never fade.
" You're the only one I'll allow Ilios " she spoke, loving his lips trailing kisses on her skin. " My only one and only "
Ilios pushes himself up, just enough for them to see each other's faces. He had looked at her with a gaze filled with intense emotions, longing, comfort, and even something else she can't name. She cups his face, eyes smiling as he looked pleased with her touch.
He leans his head on her hand and looked at her with a warm stare in those jet-black eyes.
" Every time I see you, I get this feeling.. an emotion that something I can't explain... a feeling that makes me lose in your eyes and your smile. Your touch, your words, and the familiarity of you. "
" Oh? " Eve looked surprised hearing this, hearing his thoughts after reuniting with her again.
" I really never thought of these thoughts as something absurd, even though we only met a few times. It felt right for me and it felt perfect " He chuckles deeply, Eve smiled, letting him continue.
" I don't know when it started, but I felt like... like you've always been mine. " He smiles handsomely, the thought made his mood better. " and I'm yours, only yours Rosa. "
Eve lets out a breath she didn't realize that had been holding back, she didn't notice how she had held her breath, anticipating his words.
Hearing those words from Ilios whom she loves the most, and knowing he is also Alexander, her one and only beloved husband that followed her in this world, makes her want to cry.
She immediately laughed lightly, shaking away her happy tears and settling to smiling.
She leans close and their foreheads touch.
" Yours," she spoke the word as if it was a vow, she closed her eyes and treasured the moment.
Ilios expression softens and he returns to her embrace. " Yours." He says, like a silent oath. He had fully calmed down and Eve had chuckled at how pleased he was from their conversation seeing how he was kissing her neck again.
" Now that you're not mad, do you want to listen to what I have to say now? " she taps his back and urging for him to listen.
Ilios immediately sat up and pulled her to follow, he settles to lean his back on the headboard and pulls her to lean her own back on his broad chest.
" I'm listening," he says as soon as she puts her weight on him and is comfortable in his embrace. one hand on her stomach and the other holding her own.
" As I was saying earlier--my pregnancy. Nothing happened between me and Christopher " she looks back and found him calm and looking at her without any dangerous emotion showing on his handsome face, she smiled at him and continued.
" The old rulers wanted heirs, but I have a secret that no one knows about this, not even my own family "
Eve had felt that Ilios need to know about her current body's constitution, in their past lives together when she was Molina and he was Alexander, she felt teary when she spoke about this topic but now, she was calmer about opening this conversation to him again.
" Do you want a son? " she spoke, smiling at him. Ilios momentarily froze and had looked at her in silence. He stared into her eyes, she could see how his head must have been filled with thoughts.
" Have you thought of having children? " she asked again and snapped him out of his dazed state, Ilios looks like he was suddenly hearing his wife she was expecting their child and was ready to be a father.
Rosaria laughed lightly from his serious expression.
" I never thought of it but if your my--- if Rosa is the mother of my children then.. children that would look like my Rosa, then.." he stops there and looked as if he really wants to be a father with how he had imagined her with a tiny human being that looked like her and also resembled him.
She chuckles seeing a slight blush appear in his face and she leans back and looks away, she looks at the object across from her room.
" What if I couldn't give you something like that? I can't give you children?" she fidgets with his finger holding her left hand.
" Then I'll be okay even if we don't have children of our own " he spoke as soon as she finished speaking, Eve had smiled hearing his immediate response. He pulls her close, hand still resting on her stomach.
" How about you? Do you want to have children? " he asked the question back? and Eve hums in response.
" Yes, I wanted to create a family " It was something she never had in her original life, and Ilios makes her want to have that. He will surely be a great husband and father. " I guess it's one of my dream, a warm and close family " she replied back with a smile.
" I'm open for adoption if you want that, we can still have it, and even if it's just you and me, we can still call it family. " Ilios said and Rosaria looks back at him and lovingly kissed his cheeks.
" I'm so lucky to have you, many would have thrown away their lover the moment they hear she couldn't conceive, yet here I am, very loved and treasured by such an understanding and loving man. " In a time where having heirs and plenty of riches decides your status in the society and your own family, it would have been normal in everyone's eyes to leave her and find another yet he still stays and hold her preciously.
" It's me who's lucky, such a perfect, smart, bold, and powerful woman. All I want to do is devote my life and worship you all day and night. Whatever I did in my past life, I should thank my previous self to have led me here in such paradise. " he kissed her cheeks and Eve giggles in delight.
They spent the rest of the time talking and even spoke about the matters in the Rosemond family. Rosaria spoke further of what her role was in this marriage.
Ilios had listened and wanted to learn more of her situation.
" They wanted heirs and Christopher is acting weird lately, " Eve says noticing how the main protagonist had slightly deviated from his previous character.
Although she trusts that he is acting like that since the story is taking a different turn with Ilios early appearance. Eve trusted her guts, Christopher will return back to how he was made to be.
As the main character that lavishly pampered his first love.
" I'm guessing the reason why the Emperor is always reminding me of producing an heir is that the Empress is behind all of this. Your birth, even if you are only half royalty, is an obstacle to Christopher. "
" She is trying to make sure the first son won't have any chance in taking the throne. She is aiming for her son to bear the crown" Eve has pieced together Ilio's story and the system, she had wondered why they were set to have her, a low title noble, to give birth at such a young age.
The empress must have had doubts about the death of the illegitimate firstborn and made sure Christopher had all the qualifications to the throne."
Ilios had understood and was impressed by her findings.
" She had continued to search for my existence till now, that woman wanted to erase any threat to her son's succession, especially now that the commoners are not fond of their decisions during these times. A ball during a war, Philippe will sooner or later lose the citizen's support. His people are dying for the kingdom while he gambles their life and safely hides from the war he knew he can't win. " Ilios leans away and stood next to the bed, she looks at him confusedly when he lifts her up with ease, displaying his strength.
" Let's go wash up " he says and carried her to the washroom.
There was a new tub and it was bigger than the one last night. A size that could fit three people in. Eve didn't know how on earth she didn't see anyone coming inside her room and put that in. Eve thought it must have been when Ilios and her left this early morning.
He sets her down on the stool and Eve saw her washroom closet had two robes hanging in on the hanger, she turns her gaze at him who was unbuttoning his shirt with a smirk.
She follows him and removed her dress. Even then remember something she wanted to tell him.
" You know I was going to leave this place that night right? "
She sighs after thinking about how her great escape became unsuccessful because she got distracted by this man.
When they both were done, Ilios dripped his body first and held her hand as he makes sure she doesn't slip entering the tub.
" Sorry, your plan had a flaw in the first place. " he settles her between his knees and one of his arm placed on the end of the tub, leaning his back as he brush his dark hair with wet hands.
" You didn't think I would be coming to the celebration and we would become lovers " Ilios says.
" Where would you settle when you decided to flee from the Crown prince? " He watched the small princess's back as she started to lather her skin with liquid soap.
" Honestly I plan to escape the country using the system" Eve whispered to herself.
Eve had two options to pick, the first option is taking a few things from the princess's room such as pieces of jewelry, small trinkets, and even gold coins in her own secret box. Eve could survive from escaping since she had a system map, and camping outside isn't new to her. She planned to hunt or stay at small unsuspecting villages before moving to another town and leaving the empire.
The second option was to stay inside the palace ground and help the empire from its destined ruin, be pampered by maids yet endure living with bothersome in-laws and the crown prince's mistress.
She chooses the first option without thinking twice, not because she's a coward but because she knows she can't help the people with how powerless she is amongst the royals and the nobles, even more powerless at the incoming soldiers that would kill every person related to Emperor Philippe.
Also, Eve doesn't have any kind of savior complex in her guts and she really hates being next to Christopher and his people.
She suddenly snaps back to reality and felt her hair gently brushed back.
" I don't plan to force you to stay if you still want to leave " Ilios says as he hears Rosaria's silence, assuming she was still thinking twice about leaving the palace and the empire. That would mean Rosaria would leave without him.
He close his eyes as his lips formed a pitiful smile. Eyes lacking emotion of joy and happiness, while sadness remains on that dark gaze.
" that will be too cruel of me.... to keep you here when you want to escape this place "
Rosaria had stared at his face and saw how his brows slightly furrow even when he pretends to smile. His mouth and heart are not on the same page and it shows.
She lifts her hand and touched his cheeks.
" I wanted to leave because the palace means nothing to me, " Her fingers slowly traced the tan skin on his jaw and then to the back of his ear. Her smaller hand then held the side of his face as she watched his expression slowly change.
His face still has the cold and sharp feature of a man who had grown from the battlefield, yet her touch and words made his expression gentle and soft.
Rosaria continues.
" the title is just a fancy chain to keep me from leaving and the crown is never going to keep me as his only wife, my purpose in the beginning of this marriage is just to bear his offsprings and gained favor from the commoners through my low background. I wanted to leave before because I realized there was no reason for me to stay " she leans forward and Ilios moved his hands on her hip.
Rosaria laid on his shoulder and planted soft kisses on his neck, trailing her lips to his jaw and Ilios clenched his mouth feeling the soft lips that made his desire rise.
" I found my reason now, why would I want to leave? I'll stay and find a way to break away from the Rosemond's while I'll help you with your goal."
Ilios loved the feeling of her soft lips on his skin and Rosaria loves being able to be the first one to initiate kissing every once in a while.
" I think I'll keep wanting more of your time and attention, I'll apologize in advance. " he grabs her body and held her to face him, it was his turn to kiss her neck and she let out a sound from the shivering satisfaction.
The breath from his warm lips and the touch of his mouth made her slightly lower her head, trying to hide her skin from his hot air.
" That's good. Keep your eyes on me then and I'll give you all my attention and affection " his hands wandered down and Rosaria kissed his forehead gently as her arm circles on his shoulder.
She could feel his finger trace her spine on her and down to the small of her back before holding on to her hips, he bites and licks her neck as his distraction from having a full hard-on. Rosaria felt the monster below wanting to split her open but Ilios steels himself from the idea of it.
He moves to leave kisses on her collar and her chest. The man then looks up to Rosaria, his expression slightly pained from his uncomfortable stiff member. A handsome face that usually shows only a cold and stoic expression was now hazy with desire.
Rosaria smiles apologetically and Ilios understood immediately what she was thinking.
" I know " he smiles painfully and held her face.
" Not now, not here. " he sighs defeatedly with a smile, deep voice held a tone that could tempt any woman who listened.
Eve was thankful for how he was able to understand her, just like how he always understood her as she when she was Molina.
She felt uncomfortable in the palace, where the past Rosaria had spent her years' craving for love and begging for it with tears in her eyes. She didn't like how this place was where all of her love was wasted for nothing.
She didn't want to ruin their time together with how her mind will not be focused on themselves but other things around.
There are still so many things to do before she can indulge herself fully in Ilios's arms, completing the world's progress isn't what she is eager to accomplish now but breaking free from the title of being the unfaithful man's woman.
She smiles and kissed his cheeks, feeling grateful for his understanding. Rosaria then realized he looked very uncomfortable and she looked down on his huge...problem.
She immediately went red, her eyes moved away from his lower Region.
" Can I help? " She offers and was guilty of seeing him painfully holding back.
" Do you want to? " he smiles and Rosaria gave him a firm nod.
" If you're uncomfortable with this, you can leave Rosa. don't feel pressured to do things you don't want, I'll respect your decision. " Ilios smiled, he looks at her with kind eyes that keeps her reminded of how lucky she was with him being careful around her.
" But I want to.. " her voice sounded small, she was a bit embarrassed saying that.
Ilios was looked surprised hearing her words.
" Are you sure? "
It looks like he won't calm down soon even if she leaves him alone and she also wanted to touch him, she wanted to see him come with her hands.
" I want to, please? "
Hearing her words, Ilios nodded and slightly laughed even though he was beginning to lose his mind.
" Come here, " There's a hint of seduction as he takes her hands and wrapped them around his hard member.
Rosaria couldn't believe how she couldn't fully hold his large member with one hand, it felt like Deja vu when she first offered to take Alexander in her mouth, she remembers almost choking from his size and length.
Ilios had noticed Rosaria getting distracted and pulled her close and gave a low chuckle when her soft hand touched him.
"Move your hands for me, my love? " he guides her small hands and she could see how her touch made him look at her with deep interest.
" Like..this? Is this fine? " she asked with a small voice, her hand moving quickly as she tried to hold his whole length and Ilios watching her as if he was thrusting into her body. Eyes filled with open desire.
" Just like that--hmm keep your hands moving until I come "
He brings his other hand on the back of her neck and pulls her close to meet his passionate lips, and Rosaria follows his orders.
" My love...f*ck, my beloved Rosa, oh how I want to just make see you cry with our bodies moving so closely and passionately. " He chuckles in the idea of losing control inside her, Rosaria couldn't reply back with a teasing remark when he covers her lips with his own.