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The moment I saw Oscar talking with a displeased look, I felt suffocated.
Then, Damian stepped forward.
“Master, didn’t you have some urgent business?”
“
Ah, right.”
“I will take this guy for now and tell him to understand.”
“Hey, seaweed punk. Stay out of this. Why are you interfering with Master and me?”
Unlike usual, Oscar was persistent. He spoke as if pleading, holding my wrist.
“I also want to spend time with Master. Hug me, too. I want you to hug me, just like you do with your brother.”
Saying so, he put me in his arms and held me tight.
It was only today that I realized how strong he was, as he had always moved at my command. The palms touching my body were hot, and the breath dripping from above me was hot. I felt a gaze so intense that I could feel it through my skin in a situation.
I was so surprised that I couldn’t do anything about it.
When I blankly raised my gaze, I immediately saw the golden eyes. Standing on the stairs between the first and second floors, he stared at me with a hard expression, then slowly turned his gaze to the side.
The moment I saw the murderous intent filling his eyes, I felt the urge to protect Oscar and, at the same time, feel joy. When he made the schedule and showed it to me, my mouth grumbled though I took it as an opportunity.
I didn’t think it was strange to think that I could fan my bias right in front of my nose.
Still, now I knew
 Even if I adored and liked Oscar, I couldn’t be with him all day like I was with Lucian.
Lucian and Oscar were different.
Oscar was like family to me. I tried not to, but I gave away affection before I knew it, and I took care of him without even realizing it. Damian was also there. Not my Aunt and Samuel, whom I met for the first time today, but these two people who have been with me since childhood and Amber were families to me.
So, what about Lucian?
I always called him my bias and took care of him first, but I never considered him a family member. A formal older brother of the original body’s owner. Even if I was loved by the previous Duke, I thought that even that was borrowed.
A line.
A personal space.
The distance from others that I had felt before I possessed this place
 In addition, I was also the type to keep a distance from others. I had a lot to hide, so I was rather wary of people who approached me easily, and I was the picky type who took a very long time to get close to someone.
Shouldn’t that be inevitable?
It was only now that I could judge properly. I had lived by drawing a line with the people who were my family, so how could I readily get into it?
Lucian was the only one who crossed the line.
With the purpose of helping him, I rushed at him blindly, even after knowing that it was uncomfortable. Then, what kind of existence was he to me? The outer packaging was family, but the inner content was a lover

No, he was my alter ego and my bright future.
He loved me.
He was jealous because of me.
He

As soon as the golden eyes returned to me, the murderous intent inside them quickly disappeared and filled with a desire for monopoly instead. I thought I couldn’t understand his intentions, but now, I could see clearly.
“Ray, come here.”
Today, he often behaved differently than usual and called me instead of approaching him. Holding out his hand, Lucian asked me to come, asking me to abandon Oscar and go to him.
“Master
”
Oscar, who was hugging me tightly, called out in a pleading, lowering the corners of his eyes. However, it wasn’t something to ponder too deeply. I liked Oscar, but not as much as I liked Lucian, whom I consider to be my alter ego.
As I pushed Oscar, who had been clinging to me tightly and acting as if she would not fall off, he widened her red eyes and stepped back.
“Damian.”
“Yes, Master.”
“Go back to your room with Oscar. I hope you don’t come out of your room today.”
“All right.”
Damian grabbed Oscar’s shoulder.
“Let go. I will go on my own.”
Oscar spoke with resentment and crossed his arms as he exhaled deeply. Then, he whispered to me.
“Master needs me. Just remember that.”
As soon as he finished speaking, I turned around to see the back of his head before I turned my head to look up. The golden eyes, still looking at me, were gleaming with satisfaction. Step by step, I climbed slowly, and when there were about five steps left, I almost ran to Lucian.
I hugged him tightly.
Like Lucian had been waiting, he placed me in his arms and lifted me lightly. As I wrapped my arms around his neck, I uttered something I hadn’t said before.
“Luci, what you said last time
”
“Yes, Ray.”
“Luci, you can do what you want. Me, too, I want to be by your side.”
I didn’t want to go back. If it was a dream, I wished I would never wake up. If they point fingers at me for being unscrupulous, I can accept it. It didn’t seem to matter if Cassandra cursed at me for brazenly taking possession of the body when it wasn’t mine.
I wanted to live with Lucian
 Longer than the time I possessed, I wanted the two of us to grow old together.
“Ha
”
Taking a deep breath, I responded in a trembling voice.
“Everything you want is what I want, Ray.”
I trembled lightly at his tone, full of joy. My body was lifted by him, and slowly descended to the floor. The feeling of the floor touching my toes was different from before
 The feeling of being supported on a hard floor was so different from before that it was unfamiliar.
I seemed to feel the force of gravity.
Ah, this was not a webtoon, but the world I lived in.
Even though I’d been living like a fool, I’d decided that this was a virtual world and I’d been avoiding everything again.
I could feel the pulse on the skin of my hand.
I saw the golden eyes as I brushed the hard neck, where the heat was rising. Thick veins caught on my fingertips. It felt like the cells of my whole body were being newly composed at the sensation of the place pulsating vigorously.
Ah

This feeling was similar to when I met my adoptive parents
 It felt like my world was being reconfigured. It felt like my cells were slowly awakening from the part I touched. A large hand covered my cheeks and ears all at once. The other hand wrapped around my waist pulled me up slightly.
With my heels floating, I barely stood on tiptoes. I was pressed against his body from chest to thigh. Our hearts were beating fast. They jumped at such a rate that I couldn’t tell which heartbeat belonged to whom.
Sunlight flooded in through the large windows in the middle stairway.
I could feel the eyes of the employees watching us from the first and second floors. Even if they saw it, I felt that they could fully understand the way we looked at each other now.
Then, the tip of Lucian’s nose touched my cheek. He didn’t ask me for permission anymore.
I closed my eyes naturally, and soon something warm and soft touched my lips. When I felt that my lips, which had been lightly touching me, had turned at an angle, a piece of hot flesh cut between my lips.
The piece of flesh that had cut in rubbed my lips again before penetrating deeply.
I tightened my arms around his neck as I opened my mouth wide to let him in. I didn’t know that exchanging each other’s breath till it suffocated was such a happy thing. Eventually, the tangled tongue slipped out.
With our lips still together, Lucian whispered in a voice full of satisfaction.
“Haa, my Ray
”
Even as he let out a sigh and spoke, he repeatedly bit my lips and let go. My whole body trembled at his words full of possessiveness.
Lucian tugged at my lips with the tips of his teeth, like someone wanting to do something to my lips.
The next moment, he pressed my back with his large hands, pressing our bodies closer together. He muttered with a sigh as he continued to press my body toward himself as if he were trying to make it one body even though there was nowhere else left to stick close.
“Don’t leave my side forever.”
His words sounded like a declaration of war.
I pursed my lips instead of answering, rubbing my lips as he did and parting my tongue between them. Soon, I could feel his lips stretch out. I felt like I was laughing, so I opened my closed eyes.
He had his eyes open as always.
The golden eyes were still staring at me, but inside them, vivid joy and desire for exclusiveness swirled. I used to get goosebumps whenever I saw his eyes like this. Although I didn’t know why, now, I seemed to understand

It was like when a strong sense of joy made my hair stand on end. I was happy whenever I felt that he wanted me.
Before I even felt it, my body was happy.
I just felt him quietly in pleasant dizziness.
* * *
Back in the room, Damian turned to Oscar, who was full of displeasure.
“Don’t put Master in trouble.”
“Why would you care?”
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden? You even made a promise to Master that you won’t do what Master’s brother tells you not to do.”
“
Ugh, it’s frustrating.”
Murmuring so, Oscar fell on the bed and kicked the bed with his feet. Damian didn’t really understand him. Oscar’s actions
it was just like—
It was like a male shapeshifter courting a female shapeshifter

Pale wooden eyes shone darkly.