Pride Online

Chapter 530: Prisoner of War Part III

“Girl, this is not the time to get back at me.”

“Y ...yeah, sorry about that, but I’m the most revengeful woman in the world!”

Her absolute declaration made the listener quite surprised, but then he found himself allowing her to push him back down on the bed grudgingly. When he opened his mouth to say something, the girl would gaze at him so demandingly that he made a snorting sound out of his throat instead. He wanted to smile but he could not, because the other was making such a serious face right now.

“Don’t worry. I’ll take you to a healer tomorrow. And after you’re all healed, we’ll go to your guild’s camp right away. It won’t take too long, so it’s fine. Plus, I know a lot of shortcuts around here. I can guarantee your safety.”

Hearing that, Sven knitted his brows together.

“Did you just say we?”

“Yeah, I did.” Nuchjaree smiled widely.

“What do you mean? You’re going to Cataral camp with me?” Sven shook his head, not understanding. “I told you that you’re free, didn’t I? I removed all curses on you, so there’s no need for you to come with me...”

“Shut up!”

And once again, the dashing girl shouted aloud. Sven froze, even though he was quite used to her loud personality, this time was different. She looked serious and awkwardly shy.

After a while, the girl slowly looked at his face. Her cheeks were clearly blushing so much that Sven could notice it.

“I’m not going to leave my debt to you unpaid like this.” She said in a stuttering voice.

But the listener made a confused face. “Dept?”

The more they talked, the more confusing it got. Sven could not really recall when he even created that said debt to Nuchjaree.

“I’ll take you back to the Cataral, then we’re even, okay?!”

“Huh? What are you talking about? Since when did you owe me?”

“Whatever!” Nuchjaree yelled again. “In my feelings, I owe you a lot. And if I don’t pay it back now, I won’t be able to rest peacefully ever. So, no matter what, I’m going to take you back to Cataral’s base, whether you’re okay with it or not. And in the meantime, you have to listen to me. I won’t let you do something risky like you did today again, you got that?”

“...”

Sven was speechless as he stared at her face that was a few inches away confusedly. His hand which was not hurt reached up to scratch the nape of his neck.

“And what if I refuse?” He probed.

“You’re dead!!”

She shouted in a serious manner. Nuchjaree placed her hands on her waist. And her face was telling him that he would get beat up so badly if he refused to listen to her. There was no doubt about that.

Seeing that, he burst into a loud laugh. It was a laughter that Nuchjaree had never heard from this man before. It sounded lively like a child’s, and his smile looked so good when he did so.

“W ...what are you laughing about? I’m being serious!”

“Yeah, I know that,” Sven replied in a gentle voice.

His rough hand reached to touch Nuchjaree’s neck, and before she realized it, she had already been pulled into a hug. Her face pressed against his strong, uncovered chest. Her ear was listening to his heartbeat which was clearly pounding hard.

Nuchjaree did not know how to react, but she did not resist him. Maybe that was because his warm hand was stroking her head gently. It was a touch that she had never felt from any man before...

“Thank you.”

He spoke softly. A wave of warmth blew against her, making her face tinted with deep red. She wanted to say something, but she could not. Her brain was probably too dull to come up with any words right now. Her slim hands were still placed on his chest. She could just push him away...

But why did she not have the strength to do that?

“I ...I helping you doesn’t mean that you can do this, you know.” She barely put her words together.

Hearing that, Sven chuckled with a smile of endearment.

“If you don’t like it, push me away then.”

“...”

Nuchjaree did not say anything. She did not push him away either. She was not sure if she was feeling good or did not have the strength to get this man off her. But something she knew for sure; her heart was pounding just as loud as his!

A long moment had passed, and the girl stayed still on his chest. She did not move for one straight minute, and she did not know how to react. There was no sign of him letting her go soon either.

The rain was still falling from the sky. The hurricane lamp in the room was flickering to the wind, making the shadows on the wall bend for a second as well. Even so, Sven just kept on stroking her head out of endearment. His fingers were running through her hair gently. He just realized that she was very fragile after he pulled her in the hug.

Even though she was all loud and headstrong and had none of the manners of a lady, her shoulders were small on him. Her hands placed on his chest were soft. She might look tough on the outside, but inside, she was very delicate. He tried to hold this slim body gently as if she would be broken if he handled her a little harder.

“H ...hey,” Nuchjaree’s voice was shaking.

“Yeah?”

“How long are you going to keep hugging me?”

“Well, you said you wanted to help, didn’t you? So, stay like this until I fall asleep, will you?”

Sven teased in an amused voice. And it worked because Nuchjaree just blushed right after his words.

“I’m not a side pillow for you to hug to sleep.”

“You are. But too bad, since you’re as flat as a washboard like this, it will take a long while before I can sleep.”

“Is that so, Sir...?”

She said and pinched the chest of this big-mouthed man so hard, making Sven whine softly.

“Let me ask you something.” Sven started a new conversation without letting her go from his hug.

“What?”

“Did you take my shirt off to have a peek at my body?”

“That’s ridiculous!”

The girl finally pushed herself off him. Her face had turned deep red because this was one thing that she had to clarify herself!

“Your shirt was already damaged by the curse. just a finger touch and it just fell off in pieces.”

“It was?” The man said, trying to hold back his laughter. “Well, I actually thought that you were still holding on grudges about what happened before, so you took my shirt off to get back at me.”

“Don’t compare me to you, pervert.” Nuchjaree snapped. “You think I wanted to see your body that much? I’m nice enough to sit down and fix the wounds for you, but you thought that it was me getting back at you by that? Unbelievable.”

Sven did not say anything in reply. His rough hand reached up to her neck again, before slowly running up until it touched her cheek, the cheeks that were still blushing hard like usual.

His actions made Nuchjaree quiet down instantly. Their eyes were looking into each other like they were trying to read each other’s mind. Silence fell in this hotel room again. Rain was falling on that blurry glass window, while they both were finally slowly leaning closer to the other.

They started to feel the warm breath from the other. Their lips parted open as their eyes slowly shut close...

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!