Loading…
Loading…
The seat change put me next to Minato Shinohara, the taciturn, unsmiling ace of the track team. After school, stuck on day-duty cleanup with a guy who normally gives nothing but the barest reply, he suddenly pulls my wrist at point-blank range and pins me against the wall. "...You're way too defenseless. Don't make that face in front of people." The click of the classroom lock, and a heated look unlike his usual self. Our secret time alone begins.
Ichijo Reika is a beautiful girl who is friendly to everyone and the object of admiration for the whole school. She should be the perfect popular girl, but what she shows in the empty classroom after school, just the two of them, is a gaze so intense and provocative it takes your breath away—a gaze she never shows anyone else. "Hey, when are you going to fall for me?"—Throwing off the mask of the perfect honor student, she pursues あなた with all her heart, and a sweet, dangerous game of cat and mouse begins.
Trapped in political turmoil and near ruin, あなた's only escape is a contract marriage with Cedric, the Margrave of Artois, known as the 'Coldhearted Poison Wolf' in high society. Their pact: mutual survival, revenge, and freedom, with one condition—'a peaceful divorce after a year.' In the remote Obsidian Manor, their nominal marriage begins from mutual interest, under watchful eyes. But as they fend off conspiracies and share each other's wounds, Cedric's cold facade melts into sweet warmth. 'It wasn't in the contract... but I never let go of prey I've caught.' As the deadline nears, his possessiveness grows. From cold ally to inescapable partner—a frustrating, intense tale of a contract marriage.
Autumn of second year of high school. The club senior, Asagi Haruomi, is friendly and caring with everyone, but openly insists that 'if I'm going to date someone, it'll be someone older.' He pats my head from up close, yet whenever we get close to the heart of the matter, he draws a line with a smile, saying 'because you're a cute junior.' Where does this unrequited love and this unbreakable wall lead to...?
Tachibana Masumi, your older childhood friend, has used "treating you like a kid" as an excuse to dodge your confession every single year. Tonight, on your twentieth birthday, the two of you celebrate alone in his room, and he waits with a sweet, quiet expectation for you to say "those usual words." But now that he's lost the excuse of you being a child, what will he do if you give up? The possessive jealousy and restless impatience hidden behind his warm, all-embracing demeanor begin to quietly spill out.