"Felyn, was my explanation of this problem clear enough?"
"Yes, it was clear."
"Then why are you frowning? Is there something you still don't understand?"
"Lady Adeline, you're a bit too close to me."
In the empty dining room, the two of them huddled together like they were seeking warmth from each other.
Daiyi and Bernice had already returned to their rooms—they seemed to have important matters to discuss.
Only Felyn and Adeline remained on the first floor.
Adeline pretended not to hear Felyn's protest and moved even closer to him.
She wanted to feel that gentle embrace from her beloved, her breath falling on Felyn's shoulder and making his neck slightly tingly.
"You got this wrong here. It should be like this..."
Her voice was incredibly soft, her warm breath brushing past Felyn's ear.
She was at Felyn's house, tutoring him alone!
If this young lady hadn't been clever enough to sneak back, she wouldn't have had the chance to spend time alone with Felyn at his home tonight.
At this moment, Adeline just wanted to get closer to Felyn, even closer.
She wanted his eyes to see only her, and wanted the marks that woman had left on him to fade.
Although Felyn loved her and certainly wouldn't be influenced by Viloti.
But Adeline still felt uncomfortable—she wanted to completely eliminate Viloti's influence from Felyn.
Meanwhile, Felyn was completely unable to focus on the lesson.
What was this woman trying to do!
If he hadn't blocked Adeline with his shoulder, her next move would have been to pull him into her embrace.
This was definitely crossing the line into sexual harassment.
Even though it wasn't some sleazy middle-aged man or woman, but a perfectly figured and beautiful 19-year-old girl.
It was still sexual harassment!
Just as Felyn was internally condemning workplace injustice, Adeline's red lips were gradually drawing closer.
That red color shimmered with girlish charm under the lamplight, emanating a sweet fragrance.
When Felyn turned around, he discovered Adeline staring straight at him, her blue-gray eyes filled with longing.
"Felyn..."
Her voice became husky, carrying a seductive charm.
Adeline's cheeks had already flushed red, her lips slightly parted as she gently licked them.
Things were somewhat beyond her expectations.
Adeline had originally just wanted to get a little closer to Felyn, but she'd clearly overestimated her own resistance.
Having never had much contact with the opposite sex, Adeline, while spending time with Felyn, had gradually become lost in this ambiguous atmosphere without even noticing it herself.
She'd ended up trapping herself while trying to trap him.
Now the restlessness in her body had overwhelmed her reason, and Adeline just wanted to press her entire body against Felyn.
"Ahem, Lady Adeline, let me pour you some tea."
Seeing the situation going badly, Felyn quickly stood up and escaped to the kitchen.
Wasn't this supposed to be tutoring? I'm not studying foreign languages either.
How did it get intimate again?
Felyn slowly brewed tea, not daring to turn around and look at Adeline.
Thinking it over, Felyn concluded that tonight's force-kiss from Viloti had stimulated her.
Because Viloti had stolen her class president position in kindergarten, she now couldn't bear having Felyn stolen by Viloti as well.
Her competitive spirit, wanting to tutor him, sitting so close—it was all because of this reason.
It had to be this way!
Felyn would never consider that maybe his client had fallen in love with him and was jealous.
Such thoughts wouldn't even appear in his head, and if they did, he'd forcibly eliminate them.
Clients were clients!
Ever since his contract with Zervanie ended, this principle had been deeply imprinted in Felyn's mind.
Adeline sat at the dining table, supporting her face with both hands, boredly swinging her legs.
"Why has Felyn been gone so long?"
She was getting a bit impatient now.
Whenever Felyn left her sight even slightly, she feared Viloti would appear from some strange place and force-kiss Felyn while she wasn't paying attention.
Felyn clearly liked her—she should have been the one to get Felyn's first kiss.
Adeline couldn't possibly forget that kiss just now.
"That woman..."
Adeline gripped her pen tightly, her gaze turning ice-cold.
She stole my class president position when we were little.
Now that we're grown up, she stole Felyn's first kiss too.
The childhood trauma that had been somewhat soothed by Felyn resurfaced again, and this time more fiercely.
She wasn't that helpless little girl who could do nothing anymore.
Felyn is mine.
I'm going to keep Felyn firmly by my side!
I absolutely won't allow Viloti to steal him!
Felyn peeked out from the kitchen, seeing Adeline's darkened expression and the inexplicable determination burning around her, he quickly pulled his head back.
She's not going to devour me later, is she?
"Lady Adeline, the tea is ready."
When Felyn appeared in the dining room, both of their expressions instantly changed.
As if this place had always been warm and harmonious.
"Felyn, why are you sitting over there?"
Felyn hadn't sat down next to Adeline—instead, he sat across from her.
With a table between them, she shouldn't be able to affect me, right?
But he underestimated Adeline's determination. Adeline stood up, wanting to move closer to Felyn.
"Lady Adeline? Just sit there, that's fine."
"Why? Don't you want me to get closer to you?"
How could I possibly want that!
"That's because..." Felyn's words were interrupted by Adeline before he could finish.
"Viloti just kissed you. She did that to you."
Her eyes glistened with moisture.
"What about me? Can't I even sit beside you?"
Felyn didn't know what scene Adeline was playing now, but he felt that if he didn't soothe her, she'd explode in the next second.
"That's not it. It's because when Lady Adeline sits beside me, I can't focus on studying." Felyn put on an innocent and embarrassed expression.
"Lady Adeline is too charming tonight, so I can't help but keep looking at you. But that won't do, right? Lady Adeline came specifically to tutor me, but I didn't absorb anything—that would disappoint Lady Adeline's kind intentions."
At this moment, Adeline was watching Felyn's mouth move, but all other sounds in the world had disappeared.
After hearing Felyn say she was too charming and he couldn't help but keep looking at her, Adeline completely missed everything he said afterward.
In Adeline's world, only Felyn lying on a bed of roses and hearts floating in the air remained.
He loves me so much.
Really, I just got a little closer to you!
It's not like you'd lose your composure just from that, hmph!
Of course, Adeline had no intention of blaming him—only pride and happiness remained.
Although she really wanted to stay close to Felyn, the exam was still more important.
Being close to Felyn temporarily versus being close to Felyn forever—Adeline could still distinguish which was more important.
For the rest of the time, Adeline, separated by the table, finally sobered up a bit.
She forced herself to calm down and stop thinking about getting close to Felyn again.
Time slipped away bit by bit until late into the night.
"Lady Adeline, it's so late now. Please go back and rest."
Felyn looked at the wall clock—it was already past ten o'clock.
If Adeline didn't leave soon, he was really afraid her father Claude would come over again.
"It's already ten o'clock."
Adeline looked at the wall clock, her expression somewhat dim.
How did time pass so quickly? Where did all the time go?
She slowly packed her bag, very slowly.
She just wanted to go slower, to spend more time with Felyn.
But no matter how slow time went, it was still passing.
Adeline eventually came to the door.
It's okay for tomorrow morning—she'd see him again tomorrow anyway.
Adeline kept comforting herself mentally as she slowly put on her shoes.
She looked back at Felyn, looking at his lips.
No matter how much she wiped, Viloti's mark would still be there.
She really couldn't get past this hurdle.
Adeline looked at Felyn's figure bending down to put on shoes, and an inexplicable impulse arose in her heart.
She absolutely couldn't let Viloti's traces remain on Felyn's body.
While thinking this, her body unconsciously leaned forward, about to gently bite his face.
"Lady Adeline?!"
Just as she was about to kiss Felyn, the well-trained Felyn instinctively reached out to block Adeline's head and pushed her back.
What was happening? Had this woman gone crazy?!
Adeline's lips were firmly blocked by Felyn's hand, then she was pushed away by Felyn, letting out a soft moan.
Why won't you let me kiss you!
Adeline was both embarrassed and angry at this moment. The courage she'd finally mustered was ruthlessly pushed away by Felyn.
"Lady Adeline, were you about to fall just now? I instinctively helped you up but accidentally used too much force. It's all my fault."
This woman wanted to kiss me! Pervert!
What's wrong with Felyn!
I took the initiative to kiss him, so why doesn't he treasure this opportunity!
But seeing Felyn's apologetic expression in front of her left her speechless.
She couldn't just ask directly.
But Adeline still didn't give up. She clenched her hands tightly together, gathering courage in her heart.
Since once it didn't work, then again...
Seeing Adeline still standing there in a daze, Felyn opened the door.
Hurry, young lady. Please, I beg you not to do anything strange anymore, okay?
The cold wind from outside reduced Adeline's courage bar directly to 0.
The night wind carried coolness that swept away all the ambiguous air from inside the house, and also awakened this young lady from her confusion.
Realizing what she'd just done, embarrassment flooded Adeline's heart.
Adeline hurriedly put on her shoes and walked outside.
"Then, then, then see you tomorrow. I-I-I'm leaving first."
She carried her bag, holding an umbrella in one hand, and rushed into the night rain without looking back.
Raindrops hitting the umbrella surface covered the sound of her hurried footsteps.
Wanting to kiss someone but failing to do so.
How embarrassing!
Felyn watched Adeline's figure disappear from his sight—this time she'd really gone back.
"What's wrong with everyone tonight?" Felyn said while shaking his head.
Just as he was about to close the door, he saw a familiar figure hiding behind a tree.
No way, aren't any of you leaving?
(End of Chapter)