20. The old honey aged better...***

Her lower jaw kept hanging. There were a million words in her head, but none came out. Fearing that disclosing the identity of the man who was currently in her bed would create more chaos, the shock-induced scream was muffled.

Yet the man smiled at her and came closer to give her a kiss. Nina didn't even hesitate to put her hand on his mouth to shut him up.

"Stop it. Don't come…" She wasn't able to complete her words before she was pushed onto the bed. "What are you doing?"

Dereck could perceive the emotions without any skills, like their names. He didn't need to use that to understand how shocked and disarrayed Nina was.

"You don't want others to know you are here with me now, right? Especially not Novela."

It wasn't the first time this man pushed her down tonight, yet the emotion that sprouted in her heart couldn't be more dissimilar.

"What do you want?"

"I want to enjoy the moment."

"Do you think we can right now? After knowing who you are!"

"What is the problem with my identity?"

"You are…" Nina wasn't sure what to say. "I don't want to…"

"You don't want to have a good time, right?" She simply frowned as she failed to provide an answer. "What is wrong with me? Weren't you satisfied with my performance? Wasn't that what these parties were supposed to be? Being anonymous to have fun with others, not knowing who the other person is?"

"This is different."

"Is it? We are both having a good time with each other. What is the problem with that? And it was you who had brought me here. It was you who had taken off her mask first. It was…"

"You knew who I was before we…" The realization shocked her even more. "Why didn't you stop when you already knew it was me?"

"Why would I? I wanted to have the taste of honey pot, and so I did." Dereck could not contain himself from snooping and kissing her on the lips while he was holding her hand. 

"I would do it again if you gave me the chance. And if you don't…" Dereck smirked before continuing, "I would treat you as I treat my concubines."

"You…"

"It was you who had asked me to do that. It is not like I can ignore my lady's words. I will fill you up with all the love you need."

"Rough. You are no better than your mother. Acting just like her, without even caring for other's options."

"You enjoyed your time with me? It was evident that you delighted in the act of inserting my love wand into your love canal until you removed my mask."

"Language!"

"What language? It is just the truth. And what is the problem with you? You were just enjoying yourself just a moment ago. You were the one who had chosen me and taken me home. I didn't force you. We were mingling a moment ago because we were both having a good time."

"Good time is over. You can leave now."

"No, I am not. I am yet to be done with you. I would make sure you would be able to walk tomorrow morning."

"You…" Her glare did not affect him.

"What is your problem? Is it because I am her son? So, what am I, her son? If anything, you should be happy with that. You have done what she never dared to do with you. You just took her beloved son and had fun with him. Isn't that worth celebrating?"

'He isn't wrong!' Nina thought for a moment. However, she was quick to scold herself. 'That is not the problem right now.'

As if Dereck could read her mind and ask, "Then what is the problem now? Are you sleeping with the man your daughter wants to marry? Even if she became my concubine, she wouldn't know. I have signed the contract."

"But…"

"But what? She wouldn't know unless you told her. Furthermore, it is improbable that you would boast to her about the enjoyable evening you shared with me, would you?"

There was progress as he caught on to her conundrum. Although she wasn't smiling at him, the frowns on her face cleared up.

"And I don't think there is any reason to brag when you both could have the same things."

"You are evil. Very nasty."

Dereck had no problem understanding that it was just a compliment. "How could that be bad when I had learned this technique from the outstanding Duke Hazard?"

"Father?" She wasn't sure about what Dereck was trying to say. So, Dereck explained, "Didn't he marry the widowed wife and daughter when the invaders annexed the Marquis Aaron's territory?"

"Marquis Aaron was my father's friend. He did it to protect them."

"To protect them?" Dereck snorted, "He had protected them so closely that they ended up having five children with them."

Even if she wanted to give another excuse, all Nina could do was blush in embarrassment.

"When you think about it, I think it is the best for all of us. You will still be the consort. So you should have no reason to meet the man who is the son of your enemy. But if your daughter became his consort, there would be more chances for a date like this to occur again."

Dereck kissed her without giving her the chance to talk again. Although she tried to resist, she soon gave in to his persistence.

"You are such a rouge. A nasty one at that."

"Do you think that isn't the most nasty thing I did this evening?" As she looked for an answer, he whispered in her ears.

"You… You knew that was Veronica!?"

"Alas! I know it now." There was no way he would say he knew about her identity, and he still did it without hesitation.

"How? I didn't say anything about it."

"I didn't know it at that time. However, after I learned about your identity and remembered her voice, I could guess who she was. If you think about it, I am in a worse position than you."

"You didn't look too worried about it."

"Why should I be? We have signed the contract. There was no way anyone would talk about it. Why should I be worried?" However, as he looked at her face, he felt something wasn't right about the smile on her face.

"You guys didn't!" At his worried words, she simply nodded. 

Dereck came off her and sat on the bed. He was amazed. Just when he thought nothing could surprise him on this mission anymore, he was caught off guard.

"Now that I think about it, it makes sense." Dereck nodded his head. 'They organized the party, and they had the room key. And if the identities got exposed, the women would be hit hardest.'

They would lose their prestige as wives or consorts. Most of them would be divorced, and if any lucky one survived, then she would surely fall down the pecking order in their husband's harem.

"What makes sense?"

"Nothing." Dereck pushed her down on the bed again. 

"What are you doing?"

"What do you think I am doing?"

"You wouldn't dare."

"Why wouldn't I be? We have already done it once. What difference would we make if we did it one more time or many more times?"

"It would…" And he snooped down. "No…" she cried while covering her lips. Yet the lips still came. "Whhhaaa… What are you doing?"

Nina didn't expect that instead of kissing her lips on the cheek, he kissed one of the peaks of her chest. He gave each of them a soft kiss before saying, "I thought these two babies didn't get enough respect for the amount of attention they earned."

"What are you talkkkkk…" Her words were cut short again as she felt he had taken one of the hard tips in her mouth and started sucking like a child.

"Stop sucking them." Nina tried to push his head away, pleading, "Nothing would come out of them."

"You wouldn't understand what type of honey you were hiding in them." And he moved on to the second one to give it the respect it deserved.

No matter what she said or how much she struggled, Dereck didn't let it go until he was satisfied with it.

"See, you were hiding a potion inside them."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"See here." Dreck grabbed one of her hands and put it on his stiff shaft.

It made Nina blush. Still, she asked, raising her breast a little, "Wh..What does it have to do with this?"

"The more I sucked on them, the harder it became?" She looked at him, not understanding what type of gibberish he was spitting out.

"Don't believe on that? Let me show you…" 

Nina immediately recognized that he was sucking on her tip, and the instant she felt the hot meat pulsating in her hand.

"See…" 

"You are such a rough." Her face was as red as it could be.

"Do you want to know another secret?"

"What now?"

Nina felt the hot rod escape her grasp as his lips almost touched her ears. He whispered, "You know, I have some potion too."

Nina pushed him away with all her might and tried to crawl away, muttering, "Yes, it is white, and it is inside your thing."

Alas! Derck was faster. He lunged at her, putting his body against hers. The sudden assault made her fall on her face with her waist still up in the air.

Nina felt he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer. As he did, he felt his tip poking against her entrance.

"Would you look at that? Your lips are down here, leaking so much."

"Stop it." She didn't ever dare look at his shameless face anymore.

"I know just the potion I need to use to get it back to normal."

And…