***R-19 warning! This chapter will have a steamy scene. You can read below paragraphs safely and there'll be a warning again before the steamy scene starts. If you don't like smut, stop reading once you reach the warning. If you're okay with smut, get yourself comfortable, put on a nice sexy playlist, and read privately.***

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Rubiella blushed. They've spent the night together before but for some reason this kind of felt different. Perhaps it was because this was his own house. Then there's the fact that he prepared this because of her. Then there's also him becoming a noble just for her even though she had not even asked him yet. 

He was so perfect and she felt that she wasn't giving him enough.

What underwear was she wearing tonight? She couldn't remember. Wait. Did she sweat earlier? Did she smell of sweat? Could she ask to borrow his bathroom first so she could freshen up her body first and touch up her appearance?

"I um . . . "

"I can prepare a bath for you if you wish to bathe before sleeping. I have also prepared a night dress you can change into," Hansel said.

He was so efficient. Rubiella wondered what the Duke would do without Hansel by his side. Oh, she had not yet asked him what his plans were. If he was going to resign from being the Duke's butler and if he is, what would he do now with his free time? Also, how much did all of this cost? Did he use up all of his savings? Was he in debt? Perhaps she should help him financially?

*Kiss*

Rubiella was brought back to reality. He grinned at her. Hansel had just kissed her cheek.

"You looked so far away, my lady. Have I brought you back?" Hansel asked.

"Oh, um, yes. Sorry. I shall gratefully take up your offer," Rubiella said.

"Wonderful. I shall show you to your room, my lady," Hansel said.

They walked in the corridor filled with vases full of roses.

"What about Annie? She might worry if I don't come home tonight," Rubiella said.

"Not to worry, my lady. I have already informed her that you might not come home tonight," Hansel said.

Oh. My.

He was thoroughly prepared. What about her? Now that it's happening, she felt like her heart was going to burst out of her chest and run away.

"Are you feeling alright, my lady?" Hansel asked in a worried tone.

He touched his forehead on her forehead and closed his eyes.

"You're a bit warm, my lady. Perhaps I should escort you to your residence instead," Hansel said.

"No. I'm fine. Is this my room?" Rubiella asked.

The door had a rose engraving on its wood unlike the other doors so she assumed that Hansel had made it for her. The room looked nice and elegant. It had a bed with white sheets and pillows, a vanity table with a mirror, a vase of red roses, and a chair, and a round table with two chairs for dining inside the room. Hansel must have made sure that her stay in his house would be comfortable.

"The bathroom is over there, my lady. If you need anything, please ring the bell and I'll come over," Hansel said.

Rubiella entered the bathroom. The tub was already filled with warm water and there were rose petals in them too. She smiled. He must really like the color red.

She had a nice soak in the tub and brushed her teeth then changed to a night dress that was inside the bathroom. It was a light pink night dress with some ruffles and small ribbons.

She didn't look seductive at all and she worried that she might look too young with the girlish night dress she was wearing. Tsk. Hansel didn't even react at her green dress. Maybe he wasn't in the mood for it tonight? Maybe he was too tired because he was busy preparing with the expedition and he was also preparing his house for her arrival.

She remembered something that Annie had placed in her dress pocket. A woman's weapon.

She took it and went to work.

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She stepped out of the bathroom and looked for Hansel but he wasn't in the room waiting for her. She remembered what he said and rang the bell.

CREEEAK.

The door opened.

"My lady, you called?" Hansel asked.

Then he noticed her lips.

Her red lips.

She had applied rouge on her lips and it contrasted nicely against her ivory skin, pale night dress, and made her red hair looked more flaming than usual.

He gazed at her. Mesmerized. His hand went to her lips. Touching her lightly.

"Do you like it?" Rubiella asked.

Hansel didn't answer. Instead, his hand went behind her head, burying his fingers in her hair, and he kissed her.

Passionately.

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She moaned a bit. Caught in surprise and in the sudden pleasure.

He pulled back and Rubiella grinned at her in amusement.

"I take it that you like it then. Do you like me wearing this night dress instead of the green dress I was wearing earlier?" Rubiella asked.

"It drove me mad," Hansel said huskily.

"Really? I didn't notice. You didn't show any effect it had on you," Rubiella said.

"I was stopping myself from ravaging you like a wild dog. I wanted to pull down your dress and make love to you right there and then but of course I have to treat you as a lady. And now, you're in that thin dress I picked out myself and you're wearing that rouge. You are positively driving me mad, my lady," Hansel said.

Rubiella blushed.

Hansel caressed her cheek.

"That blush of yours. I wonder if you're red in other places too," he whispered.

Rubiella was going mad herself too. She felt bolder now with his reaction. She pulled him by his neck tie, gently leading him to the bed. She made him sit on the bed and she sat beside him.

"You're wearing too much," Rubiella said.

She kissed him on the lips and he kissed her back. Her hands were busy unbottoning his vest. She finally got it off and threw it on the floor. He was no longer wearing his coat so all that was left was his white buttoned shirt and his pants.

His lips went to her neck and she shivered in pleasure. She hurriedly removed his tie and she was about to throw it to the floor too when he suddenly held her hand.

"Wait. Let me use that, my lady," Hansel said.

He tied her wrists with his tie.

"Do you trust me, my lady?" Hansel asked.

"Yes, but what are you going to do?" Rubiella asked.

"If you hate it, just tell me and I'll stop," Hansel said.

He laid her down on the bed and raised her arms above her head. He tied the necktie to the bed's wooden headboard.

Rubiella tried to tug on the tie but she couldn't remove it. It didn't hurt her skin and underneath her arms were a soft pillow so it wasn't a difficult position.

"May I proceed in pleasuring you, my lady?" Hansel asked.

Rubiella smiled despite having no idea what Hansel was planning to do.

"Go ahead," Rubiella said.

He began to kiss her again on the lips. She felt his hands roam on the sides of her waist. Then going up to the underside of her breasts. His hands cupped her breasts.

His emerald eyes seemed to darken as he pulled the ribbon of her dress by his teeth. He pulled the other ribbon too and as it unraveled, her night dress began to slip down from her shoulder, revealing her breasts.

"Red," Hansel whispered.

Rubiella blushed.

He placed a kiss on her nipple. Rubiella gasped. He held it between his fingers and rubbed it. With his other hand, he began to massage her other breast. He went back to kissing her lips as his hands played with her breasts.

Rubuella wanted to hold onto him but she was still tied on the headboard.

"Why did you tie me?" Rubiella asked.

"So you cannot stop me from pleasuring you," Hansel whispered to her ear.

His tongue went inside her ear.

"Ah! Ah! Hansel!"

His fingers twisted her nipples gently pulling and rubbing as his tongue went in and out of her ear.

"Ah! Hansel! Mmm!!!" Rubiella moaned.

He stopped to look at her. Her long curly red hair was splayed out on the bed, and she laid there underneath his body for him to touch.

"Beautiful," he murmured.

He placed a finger on her lips. She looked at him knowingly. She licked his finger and he inhaled sharply. She twirled her tongue on his finger then before he could remove it from her lips, she enveloped his finger with her mouth and began to suck.

He bit on his lower lip and watched as she sucked on his finger. He began to pull out his finger but the wetness of her mouth and her sucking made him put it back in again. He watched feverishly as his finger disappeared in and our of her pretty mouth.

"It shouldn't go there, my lady," Hansel said, finally pulling out his finger from her lips.

She smiled at him mischievously.

He licked his finger and because Rubiella was still tied up, she couldn't see where his finger had gone. All she knew was that he had lowered it far from her view.

Then she felt his finger.

She gasped. 

"Are you ready, my lady?" Hansel asked.