“What do you mean by 'a few more days'? Please remember, we're not in that kind of relationship anymore, my dear brother!”
“Biological brother, huh?”
Before Calista could unleash her anger, Kallum pulled her into a tight embrace, placating her hastily, “I know, I know. We're not in a casual relationship where we can just touch each other freely anymore.”
Upon hearing this, Calista slightly relaxed, but then, Kallum spoke again with a mischievous grin.
“But to devour you, it seems I wouldn't need to lift a finger.”
“Kallum!”
Calista made a move to get up, but Kallum was one step ahead. He pulled the blanket from beneath them, wrapping both of them inside it, much like a roll cake, all bundled up together.
The intimate, close-knit position caused Calista's body to tense up entirely. Despite her few attempts to struggle, Kallum suddenly held her tighter.
“Don't move! All this brushing against me... Are you trying to seduce me?”
Calista was at a loss for words, feeling an extreme headache. The situation was unfolding quite differently from what she had anticipated.
“Kallum...”
With a stern face, Calista lay on his chest, speaking in a somewhat weak voice. “There are so many women in the world. You just couldn't have them before, but soon, you can have any woman you desire. Why bother...”
“I simply wish to devote myself to one person, giving up the forest for a tree, and as the tree, you have no say in it.”
Kallum quietly watched her, a smile gracing his lips. At that moment, Calista looked into his eyes, feeling as though she was about to be ensnared in the vast web he had cast.
She wanted to say more, but Kallum had already gently pressed her head against his chest.
“Go to sleep.”
“But...”
“Can't sleep? Let's do something meaningful, then. Trust me. I know how to devour you without any risk of infection. Want to give it a try?”
Calista became silent.
However, she couldn't stop the thoughts in her mind.
There was no way that Kallum could avoid getting infected... It must be a lie.
The next day, Calista was roused from her drowsy state by an annoyance, as if something was trying to invade her mouth.
“Mmm... Ah! Kall...”
The moment she opened her mouth, he seized the opportunity. Shocked, Calista couldn't help but widen her eyes. After putting forth a great deal of effort to push him away, she angrily wiped her mouth.
“Are you just letting my words go in one ear and out the other? Do you want to get re-infected?”
Kallum, somewhat unsatisfied, lingered his gaze on her lips, grumbling in discontent, “You were already a special case of infection. Unless I had a deep interaction with you, I wouldn't have been infected to this extent.”
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