“Please wait a moment.”
Pressing down on the soft hand resting on his shoulder, Roman tried to calm Lady Catherine down for the time being.
“This is the Papal Palace. We can’t…”
“Papal Palace?”
Lady Catherine was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
“What’s there to hide about this? Besides, even if this is the Papal Palace…”
“But this room is my own place.”
As she spoke, Lady Catherine’s fair hand slowly wrapped around his neck, clinging to his back as she spoke softly.
At the same time, she pressed against Roman’s back, her hand moving up and down, rubbing gently.
“Since you don’t want to help me find clothes, I’ll just stay like this for now.”
After a while, seeing that Roman still had no reaction, Lady Catherine spoke faintly.
Then I’ll just stay like this…
They were already people who had shared intimacy.
Now, with the other party being so direct, Roman couldn’t help but think further.
“Please don’t do this.”
“Why? Didn’t we agree before? Weren’t you very happy?”
Lady Catherine asked in confusion.
Roman pursed his lips and didn’t say what was on his mind.
The past is the past, the present is the present.
If it was before that night, he might have even dared to climb into her arms at night and sleep without any caution.
But after that night, being alone in a room with Lady Catherine at night made him have to reconsider.
Thinking about the Vow Lady Catherine made to him this morning, to completely sever ties with her previous family for his sake,
Roman understood at this moment that they could never return to the way things were.
‘After tonight, no third person will know what happened between us. We’ll still be normal elders and children.’
These were the words Lady Catherine spoke as she comforted him, straddling him that day.
At that moment, Roman finally closed his eyes before the Lady, as he had wished, relaxing his body and entrusting himself to her.
Anyway, just this once.
With little experience, he still didn’t understand a truth.
That is, once a stone starts rolling down the mountain, it can never stop.
Both he and Lady Catherine thought they could stop after that time, but in reality, things only grew more intense after it began…
It’s like the difference between cheating once and countless times; after the first time, whether you want to or not no longer matters.
He could feel the soft, snowy orbs pressed against his back, their elasticity obvious even through the fabric of his clothes.
“Shall we…just have dinner?”
“Look, it’s already set over there.”
Lady Catherine pointed at the table nearby.
“….”
“What, are you hungry? Then let’s go first…”
“I’ll help you pick out clothes!”
Seeing Lady Catherine about to let go and appear before him, Roman instantly agreed to her request.
Behind him, Lady Catherine’s full cherry lips curved upward.
She placed her arms around Roman’s shoulders, slowly leading him to the wardrobe.
As she opened the wardrobe fully, Roman saw the dazzling array of clothes inside.
Looking at the various revealing and alluring outfits, he felt a bit overwhelmed.
Based on his understanding of the Lady, shouldn’t at least half of these clothes be the conservative type…?
Roman felt as if he’d stepped into another trap.
The clothes were neatly categorized by type and color, making it easy to take it all in at a glance.
There were various long dresses, tops, short skirts, and even highly revealing evening dresses with underwear, panties, stockings, and other intimate fabrics displayed below.
Roman examined a particular evening dress that exposed the chest and back, with a slit running down to the abdomen…
Is this…really wearable?!
If it was the flat-chested type, it might be alright, at least appearing mature and not overly seductive.
But if a voluptuous lady like her wore this evening dress, it would be better to wear nothing at all.
It wouldn’t cover anything, and those strips of cloth that seemed to hide actually only increased attack speed.
He couldn’t even imagine the corrupting effect this evening dress would have if worn by Lady Catherine, so he quickly turned to look for more ‘conservative’ clothes.
Without daring to look further, he picked out a few that seemed relatively modest and handed them with closed eyes to Lady Catherine behind him.
“My good child, so you like this style~”
Touching her chin, Lady Catherine murmured thoughtfully.
The top Roman handed her was a white shirt with a cross collar and blue and white stripes.
Hmm…it looked a bit like the sailor uniforms Roman had seen in his previous life.
In addition to the top, he also gave her a black pleated short skirt.
How short was it?
It barely covered the base of the legs.
This type of short skirt was usually worn by energetic young girls, making it easier to show off their smooth, tight legs.
Touching her own plump thighs, Lady Catherine felt a little embarrassed about wearing such a youthful outfit.
She didn’t know what effect it would have for an ‘auntie’ like her to wear something meant for little girls.
But there was nothing to be done; since her beloved liked it, this ‘auntie’ would just have to play cute for him.
“I always thought you’d prefer a more mature style, dear, but I didn’t expect you to like this innocent look.”
“Is it because there aren’t any friends your age around? Then let me help you~”
“Then, please change by yourself…ah!”
Suddenly, Roman cried out.
With quick hands, Lady Catherine pulled out a brand new pair of black-edged lace stockings, hugged Roman from behind, and blindfolded him, tying a beautiful bow at the back of his head.
Considerately, she also cast a magic shield over Roman’s right eye to prevent the White Flower from being harmed by her rough behavior.
“Change by myself?”
A resentful voice rose softly.
“You picked out these clothes for me, so of course, you have to help me put them on too.”
“You’re really…”
The words Roman wanted to say vanished under Lady Catherine’s actions.
With his eyes covered, he really did feel much less embarrassed.
She handed him the clothes, took his hand, and led him to the bed.
A naked Lady Catherine holding the hand of a blindfolded beautiful boy like Roman—such a scene made her excited first, and her legs grew even more restless.
At the same time, she clearly felt that, as hormones kept rising, Roman’s initial resistance had also faded. Now, he didn’t resist at all.
Licking her cherry lips, she slowly sat on the edge of the bed and smiled at Roman.
“Will you help me put on the top first, or the bottom?”