"W-what?"
"How?" Luca blurted out the questions in his surprise, and Xavier simply tilted his head to explain.
"Hmm... Tonight? It started when you came out in your banquet clothes."
"What?!"
"Mn." Xavier’s lips curved faintly as he recalled it.
"...Extremely beautiful."
"Hup—!" Luca flushed instantly, his face deepening into a vivid crimson at being called beautiful by someone he already thought looked unfairly perfect.
Because really, if anyone should be described that way, it would be his husband. And yet somehow, the handsome man before him still had more to say about Luca’s earlier attire.
"The way it framed your body and highlighted all of my favorite things..." Xavier’s eyes traveled down, and Luca gulped as he watched that gaze wander over his frame.
"Don’t even get me started on that back."
"My... back?" Luca sounded confused, wondering if something was wrong with his back, but then—
He felt the outline of the hardness under his hand twitch, and he flinched instinctively.
"Yes, your back. I could barely breathe after seeing it."
"What?! Oh no!" The little chipmunk reacted worriedly all of a sudden, but the Prince simply continued.
"But you shouldn’t pity me. I deserved that," he admitted, "because I had the very unreasonable urge to hide you away so no one else could see you."
"!"
"I was being selfish. I wanted to keep you all to myself. But even then... even if I had been terrible, you still did all of that for me."
His gaze softened just slightly.
"So how could I not want you in every way possible?"
Even after admitting all this, Luca still didn’t look at him with judgmental or wary eyes.
Such trust.
Which was precisely why Xavier needed to get his shit together.
Now, the Imperial Crown Prince was pretty certain he wasn’t a beast by blood, but he’d be a hypocrite to say he wasn’t affected every time his wife moved, every time he smiled, and every time those eyes twinkled his way.
It was maddening and frankly concerning.
Or perhaps others simply weren’t as affected as he was when their partners did something similar. Then again, he’d have to look elsewhere for examples, because he was certain the people around him were just as bad, if not worse.
Then again, more than anything, it was probably because they weren’t married to someone like his wife.
Well, thank goodness they weren’t.
But enough about others. The only issue here was him, his irrational libido, and his all-too-generous wife.
"It took a lot of self-control, but in the end—as you can see—I wasn’t very successful in that department."
Luca’s eyes widened as his husband gestured toward his thigh with his gaze.
For some reason, the golden-eyed culprit felt a little parched as he listened to Xavier’s addicting voice.
Then, as if hearing something extremely pleasant, his ears twitched when Xavier said, "Because who would’ve thought I’d hear you asking about seduction?"
"The one person I wanted to caress all night suddenly said he wanted to seduce me."
There was a brief pause.
"Do you have any idea what that does to a person?"
With something like that, even if Xavier had been some sort of saint, his thoughts would’ve still gone from his head and straight through his dick.
Of course, he’d been as proper as he could be. But just because his mind and his conscience wanted to go one way didn’t mean his body would perfectly listen.
"Then you came to me with the very thing I’d imagined all night... wanting to do this and that in a place that would’ve turned into a battlefield if we’d continued. How could I possibly hold up?"
Xavier clicked his tongue and shook his head embarrassedly before staring intently.
"And you said you wanted to continue seducing me further?"
How?
"Just how undone do you want me to be?"
Luca made a strangled noise when Xavier leaned in to level those azure eyes with his. They stared at each other for a long, heavy moment.
But then, to the surprise of the Imperial Prince, the initially skittish Luca moved.
His hand, which had been resting over Xavier’s heart, slid down. He reached out and took Xavier’s own hand, guiding it slowly and deliberately toward his own thigh.

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