The Crown's Entrapment

After talking to wizard Lurio and King Darius together with Gideon, Osman looked for Sephiro, who he found just outside the castle grounds. Immediately, he instructed the boy to put on the wristband he just received and instructed him to not remove it under any circumstances.

He expected some kind of backlash from such an order, but was thankful, Sephiro wasn't someone who bothered to ask too many questions. Instead, the boy would simply follow whatever it was that he'd asked him to do.

Osman nodded at the boy before making his way back inside the castle. It was then that he saw Lady Bella standing up on the second floor veranda of the castle.

He smiled as he watched her beauty from a distance. Even now, he still found himself being overwhelmed just by thinking about how honest she was with him last night with her intention to choose and marry him after two years had passed. That only meant one thing, and it was that he had succeeded in capturing Lady Bella's heart.

Still, the smile on his lips quickly faded when he noticed how intently she was staring in a particular direction. He followed her gaze, and his face dimmed as he saw what she was staring at. She was staring at Calypso.

A helpless sigh came out from his mouth as he unconsciously made his way back inside in long strides towards where Lady Bella was standing.

He only had one thing in mind, and that was to take her attention away from the Great Justiciar and take it for his own. And thankfully, he succeeded because right now, he was currently claiming the most endearing and luscious lips he had ever tasted in his life. It was great that even his past kisses seemed uncomfortable now by comparison.

Yes, kissing and beyond such was nothing more than a mere pastime in his past life as a pirate. He had been with many women, conducting all sorts of intimate acts and satisfying his lust... Still, that was all it had been to him. Nothing more...

But with Lady Bella, he found himself wanting more... He wanted all of her for himself.

As they locked their lips together, Osman could tell that this was Bella's first experience kissing with how sloppily she was reciprocating his passion. He had no intention of kissing her in public like this, but his control had quickly snapped upon seeing how inviting her lips were. And the way that she stared into his own lips with those foxy and seductive eyes of hers... How could he resist?

As such, he indulged himself. He tried his best to be gentle as much as he could, of course, slowly suckling on both sides of her lips while savoring each of her soft and luscious lips till they swelled. Hearing her muffled soft moans the moment he slid his tongue inside of her was making him go crazy, and time seemed to stop. He just didn't care anymore about their surroundings.

Heavens... Just kissing like this was making him go crazy. He didn't want to stop anymore the moment he tasted her innocent lips, and she was so sweet and addicting that he groaned the moment she learned to keep up with his pace and movements. His body was literally burning with want at that moment, and he knew he should stop himself before they could go any further.

Osman groaned as he gently broke away from Bella. It took all of his willpower to push her away from him just so he could properly look at her. Both of them were panting as he unconsciously licked and bit his lower lip, acting as if doing so would help him calm down.

Gently brushing her cheeks, he murmured, "I hate to let you go like this, my little vixen. If I didn't... Heaven knows I might've ended up abducting you and pinning you down onto my bed."

Bella's face reddened at what she just heard. He just loved how she would blush like this just from his words. Removing his arm from her waist, he finally let her go, albeit reluctantly.

"That was my first kiss..." she murmured with a pout.

"I know, and I'm glad I'm the first one to steal that from you... And I'm hoping to be the only one to claim those lips in the nearest future," he remarked with a wink. He had meant it too... It might not show yet, but he was someone who was quite possessive and territorial with his possessions. However, Bella wasn't a thing, and yet he still felt possessive and territorial over her.

He had never broken a promise before, but somehow, his gut feeling was telling him that he would break one for the first time if it would involve Lady Bella. Because right now... he just couldn't let that damned Mate Pull block his way towards her. Ah... he promised he would respect her decisions, but right now... Just the thought of her not choosing him over a Mate Pull was starting to take a toll on him.

Without hesitation, Osman looked straight into Bella's eyes. He had no intention of hiding anything from her, so he directly spoke to her. "I know I promised you that I'll respect whatever your decision would be in the future in case you experience the Mate Pull, Bella... However," he trailed off before he continued. "I'm not confident that I'll be able to keep that promise anymore, Bella. I just can't imagine any man snatching you away from me when we're already this close."

Bella blinked at him with parted lips, but no words came out of her. Taking it as his cue to continue, he smiled and genuinely added, "I apologize in advance for breaking that promise should we come to that scenario, Bella. I simply can't help it. I'm completely captivated by you, my little vixen."

Bella's jaw dropped upon hearing his words, and he could only smile at how adorable her shocked expression was at that moment. Staring at her, he inwardly cursed as he fought the ever growing urge to sweep her from under her feet and wrap her in his arms, kissing her once more before going for even more.

"I... I don't know what to say..." Bella murmured.

He smiled at her and humorously asked, "Hmm... How about you tell me to simply do what I want?"

Her face crumbled, making him chuckle even further. Stepping closer to her so that he could pinch her cheek, he was just about to do so when they were suddenly interrupted by Chancellor Talon.

"Daughter, Jayra has awakened," the older man informed.

"Really?" Bella burst out, and the older man nodded with a smile.

From there, Osman could only watch as Bella ran back inside, leaving him alone out on the balcony.

Amused, Chancellor Talon looked at him and casually spoke. "You do know that I have my eye on you, Great Admiral," he scoffed. "You may find me accommodating and friendly, but you won't want to get on my bad side once you play around with my daughter and end up hurting her..."

Osman gulped with the unexpected... threat? That was a threat, right?

"I understand, Chancellor," he meekly and politely replied.

"Good..." the Chancellor nodded. "Till then... behave. Don't disrespect or dishonor my daughter until there's been formal or official agreement of a mutual romantic relationship between you two!"

Osman's face paled as the older man turned and left. He had almost forgotten... He kissed Bella out in public and the Chancellor probably saw them...

"But I'm always willing to take responsibility for my actions," he weakly murmured. He would love to make that formal and official agreement to have a relationship with her to exist, but it wasn't only him that had to do it. Bella as well, who apparently didn't want an official relationship until two years after the fact, had to also agree with him to do it!

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