Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight: Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 6] by Fuyu Aoki

Author:Fuyu Aoki
Language: eng
Format: epub

After finishing up her chores, Chloe made her way to Ciel’s stall to purchase groceries. As she perused her options, Ciel interrupted her, clearly in a jaunty mood. “Chloe! What’s gotten you so perked up this fine day?”

“H-How did you know?” Chloe asked, eyes fluttering in surprise.

“How couldn’t I? Not with you humming up a storm over there!”

“Humming?! I was humming? Oh, no...”

She’d been completely oblivious. Clutching her cheeks, Chloe tried to contain her embarrassment, much to Ciel’s amusement. “Am I really that easy to read?” she murmured quietly.

“Took ya long enough to realize!” Ciel responded, her hands on her hips. “I appreciate it, though. Makes ya easy to deal with.”

Chloe had just begun to realize how much of an open book she was; her every mood was clearly reflected in her expressions and body language. She realized, somewhat belatedly, that it was perhaps for this exact reason that she admired Lloyd’s ability to keep his composure under any situation; he could do what she could not.

“Back to my question,” Ciel continued. “So—what happened? Let ol’ Ciel in on some of that young joy, eh?”

Chloe fidgeted uncomfortably. “I... I’ll try...”

Her voice trailed off as her mind drifted off to what had happened last night. After their heart-to-heart, she sensed that she and Lloyd had attained a deeper mutual understanding—a change that brought her immense joy, yet she found herself at a loss for words to convey this newfound feeling.

Her hesitation, however, seemed to have been answer enough for Ciel; her eyes sparkled with mischief, her grin widening as she stroked her chin. “Ahhh, I see, I see...” she mused, her voice lilting with a teasing note. “You’ve finally gotten intimate with Lloyd, haven’t you?”

The word struck her like a stray bolt of lightning. “I-Intimate?” she echoed, her voice shaky.

“As in... You’ve kissed him, haven’t you?”

A series of shrill, staccato syllables tumbled out of Chloe. “K-K-K-Kissed him?!” Her mind spun, images cascading like a runaway merry-go-round.

Kisses. Smooches. The old smackeroo—a touch of the lips whispering love, desire, a secret language for those romantically inclined. Chloe knew the concept all too well; she’d encountered such an amorous scene in Love & Knight, one that had set her heart racing with each passionate line. She remembered tossing in her bed, the scene replaying in vivid detail, igniting thoughts that kept her awake until dawn. But she couldn’t spiral down that path again. Not here. Not now.

“W-W-W-W-We did not!” a red-faced Chloe stammered back. “We did not kiss!”

“Oh my, you didn’t?” Ciel responded with a hint of genuine surprise. “It wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for a pair of young housemates to have shared a kiss or two by now, if you ask me, but I suppose it takes all kinds.”

“Really?” Chloe replied, unsure. “That’s...normal?”

Ciel paused, speechless, sneaking Chloe a slightly annoyed sidelong glance. “Chloe, I always pegged you for the innocent type, but this...”

Chloe blinked, a whirlpool of confusion swirling in her eyes. “Um, Miss Ciel?” she ventured, her voice laced with bewilderment.

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