Chapter 53

Neither Lexton or Aurora seem to want to finish yet.

Their kneading is getting deeper and deeper, as if both of them have been waiting for this happy moment.

A moment that spews warm lava, filling their entire bodies until it flows in their respective bloodstreams.

It feels so warm, and at the same time, it creates a sense of urgency that neither Aurora nor Lexton can really stop.

Being in this kind of embrace was a very new experience for Aurora, but she really felt like she was in the right place.

As for Lexton, he was an accomplished player who had been on hiatus for so long. Who would have thought that a young girl like Aurora Vernon could make his heart pound again.

Stealing his attention, just stepping into his world. As if not heeding Lexton's warning that the girl now had no chance to turn back, Aurora did not back down.

For her heart was already there, though she didn't know when it had started and grown.

Lexton again paused their embrace, albeit half-heartedly. Aurora was almost out of breath, and she needed to get some air now.

Pulling his lips away from the link first, Lexton also tried to catch her breath.

Aurora opened her eyes slowly, finding Lexton's handsome, scarred face right in front of her. One of her hands was on the Alpha's cheek, touching the perfectly chiseled face with a hardened jaw.

Aurora's palm could feel how the fine hairs around the Alpha's face tingled, but somehow she liked that.

"That's not a poke," Aurora whispered first, eyes still locked straight into Lexton's.

The man tugged at his lips to form a faint smile.

"You'll never be enough for me, Aurora," Lexton replied in a faint voice, savoring how time was moving so slowly around them.

Aurora smiled back.

"You're good at anything, Mr. Lexton," the girl complimented.

She didn't want to say that the caress Lexton gave her was sweet and thrilling. Even though that was the case, Aurora did not want to praise the Alpha openly.

The fact that he was able to dominate every second of their time together made Aurora realize that Lexton was no ordinary man.

"Are you complimenting me?"

Aurora nodded vaguely.

"You're really good at everything."

Lexton's eyeballs rolled, as his smile widened.

"That was nothing, Aurora," the man whispered in a low tone of voice. It sounded slightly sensual, which was also seductive.

"If only I wasn't hurting, then maybe something more heated could have happened between us. Wait until I recover, and prove to yourself that I'm good at everything. Including making you levitate," Lexton continued.

Aurora couldn't help but notice the blush that instantly appeared. The girl's cheeks successfully flushed, with a slightly surprised expression on her face.

"What are you...," She was at a loss for words. "Oh my! I got goosebumps hearing that!" Protested the girl in an artificial tone of voice, in line with the pat she landed on Lexton's chest.

"Arg!" Lexton pretended to groan. Aurora's pat earlier really didn't mean anything, it just crossed the man's mind to play a little prank on his little girl.

Hearing Lexton groan like that, Aurora naturally panicked.

"Are you alright, sir?" she called out, her tone of voice rising an octave. "Oh my, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to."

She reflexively withdrew her hand from Lexton's chest, not wanting to make him hurt even more than he already was.

But Lexton enjoyed the way Aurora felt awkward and guilty, because her face was as red as a tomato.

"You look so beautiful, Aurora," Lexton said suddenly. The man was still looking in the same direction, not having taken his eyes off of her at all.

Embracing Aurora in his arms, Lexton felt completely at ease. It was as if he was in the best place, and hoped that she would always be there to welcome him home whenever he returned.

Aurora didn't answer right away, preferring to return Lexton's gaze to her. Holding each other's memories, each other's faces in front of them in the deepest place.

"Mr. Lexton, I have a question."

It suddenly occurred to Aurora, and the woman's voice could already be heard over the silence.

"What is it? Tell me."

Aurora took a breath before saying what had just occurred to her.

"Mireli once told me about the curse on the mansion," Aurora began. "She said that it's not allowed for women and men to be together in the mansion, because those who fall in love there can't leave."

Lexton listened carefully to every word Aurora said. He did not expect Mireli to have said that, but it was okay because Aurora also seemed to need to know.

"Hm uhm," Lexton muttered. "So?"

Aurora looked up to look further at Lexton.

"If we were in this situation, then would the curse be real?" asked Aurora curiously. "Is there someone who has been cursed before, so that he cannot leave the mansion?"

Lexton cleared his throat softly. Aurora's question made him suppress a smile, as the girl's face looked like a little girl who was curious about a fairy tale.

"The curse does exist," Lexton replied later. "The mansion was built with various things in mind, one of which is the curse that Mireli told you about, which is why no woman has ever lived there, except for Mireli the head chef."

This time it was Aurora who took turns to give her full attention, to listen to Lexton's explanation.

Interested in the fact that no woman had ever lived in the luxurious mansion before, Aurora frowned.

"Are you saying that I'm the first woman besides Mireli to live in your mansion?" Aurora asked again.

"You guessed it so smartly, Aurora," praised Lexton. "I don't know if you should be grateful or not about that, but well, you are the first woman."

Aurora blinked twice, a little surprised by the fact she had just found out.

"And now I have the audacity to build something with you," Aurora murmured in a whisper. "Was I too presumptuous? Mireli warned me at the time."

Lexton smiled.

"Are you afraid of the curse?" the Alpha asked this time.

It took Aurora a moment before she shook her head. It wasn't really the curse that she was afraid of. It was just that she was curious whether the curse was real or not.

"It's not like that," Aurora muttered again. "Mireli said I probably won't be able to leave there. But what if I do have to leave one day?"

Lexton observed the change in expression on his girl's face, finding Aurora looking at him with a slightly serious look in her eyes now.

Maybe she was just worried. It was also possible that she was just overly curious.

"You don't have to worry about that," Lexton spoke up in turn. "If you want to go later, then I'll come along. It's just like that, simple and straightforward. But you must still come with me back to the mansion, because that's how the curse works, Aurora."

Aurora released a smile on her lips. Somehow the Alpha's words last time were able to make her blossom, as if displacing Aurora's memories of how cold and untouchable Lexton was when they first met.

"Is that so?"

Lexton nodded.

"Because that's how it was with Mireli," Lexton said again. "She'd go back to where she came from a few times a year, but she'd still come back to the mansion."

Aurora frowned, as if she was thinking and guessing something in her mind right now.

'Wait! Don't tell me that....'

"What do you mean?" the girl asked. "Do you mean Mireli?"

"As you guessed," Lexton said quickly. "If you're asking if anyone experienced the curse first, then the answer is 'yes'. They are Mireli the head chef, and Pelope who serves as the mansion's head of security."

Aurora didn't realize she had her mouth open now, gaping at yet another shocking fact she had just learned. It turned out that Mireli... Ah, my goodness!

Lexton had already tightened their embrace again, feeling the slow onset of drowsiness.

"Looks like we'll be the next ones cursed, Aurora," he whispered. "So, are you ready to keep coming back to my side?"