Chapter 265 – An Anxious Heart, a Lonely Heart

Ever since I resolved the past with Selena, the mansion has always been peaceful.

However, even in such an atmosphere, I couldn’t let go of the tension in my heart because of the complicated relationship with them.

Here is a summary of the causes of tension:

Dania, Angela, Verita and Selena.

I maintain a romantic relationship with all of them, but the three other than Verita do not know this fact.

If you look a little closer, Selena knows that I’m dating Dania and Angela, but she doesn’t know that I’m dating Verita.

Dania, of course, knows about my relationship with Selena, she doesn’t know about Angela, and she’s intertwined with Verita, but she doesn’t know that she’s developed into a lover.

Angela only knows the relationship between me and Dania among the other three.

It’s so complicated that you don’t know what you’re talking about?

To be honest, my head is too complicated.

But who are you to blame for?
Even though I know I should have revealed it a long time ago, I was afraid of the confusion when the truth was revealed, so it was a karma that I had been putting off.

As I procrastinated like that, the pressure gradually increased, and I finally made up my mind.

So I called them.
To my room in the middle of the night without warning.

“I’m dating Angela and Verita, too.”
“…”
“…”

A moment of silence flowing through the room.

Is it bad timing?
Should I have taken a more serious look?
Could it have been a wrong choice of words?

While all kinds of thoughts were swirling in my head, what I heard was Selena’s voice.

“What, what?! Even with Verita?”

Both eyes appear to be twice as large as usual.
It was a natural reaction, and one that I was already prepared for.

“I’m sorry for revealing it now. I should have said it earlier, but I didn’t have the courage. But I mean it. I love everyone with all my heart. It sounds strange, but I want to make everyone happy.”

Being stabbed by myself, the words become longer.
However, Selena’s answer was surprisingly simple.

“Honestly, I knew you had a lot of girls, so it’s not that shocking to me. Verita is also someone you can trust, and she’s… Of course, she’s not at all surprised.”

Her eyes, which had been looking at the ground, turned to me.

“Thank you for talking to me now.”
“Selena… No. I thank you for understanding.”

The next place my gaze headed was Dania.
It was because I was worried that he kept silent with a heavy expression.

“Dania are you okay…?”
“Ah… I, I am of the same mind as the lady. Thank you for talking to me.”

With a short word, she shuts her mouth again and avoids her gaze.

My heart hurts at the moment, but I also had to endure this.
The fact that he was a lover with Verita, who was once the object of jealousy, must have come as quite a shock.
Plus, with Angela, it’s natural that it’s hard to accept.

I want to properly ask for forgiveness, but in a situation where Selena is by her side, Dania will be in trouble, so I think she’d better talk to her again when she’s alone.

“By the way… Do you know the teacher or Miss Anna?”

Selena asks cautiously.

In fact, it was for this reason that she called her and her Dania apart.

“No, I don’t know yet. I have to tell everyone, but honestly, I don’t know if Angela or Verita will understand….

It is clear that Angela or Verita will not be easily convinced if they hear that they are meeting with outsiders who are not members of the mansion.

Even though I’m not sure it will actually happen, I still haven’t had the courage to open it all up.

“So I hope you trust me and wait for me.”
“…Okay. Are you going to tell Verita or Mom about our relationship?”
“Yes. I think so.”
“Then let’s do it right now. If you talk quickly, you’ll feel comfortable too, right?”

Thank you so much for thinking of me in the meantime.

“Can I? Thank you.”

Selena asked her butler this time.

“What do you think Dania?”
“I’m fine too, ma’am.”
“Then go to the living room with Dania. I’ll get the two of you.”

—

A heavy silence hangs in the living room.
Dania and I, who arrived first, sat side by side on the sofa, waiting for the rest.

“…”

Dania still has a dark expression.
Looking at it, the words came out without me knowing.

“I was very surprised. I’m really sorry.”
“…No. It’s okay. I don’t have to mind.”

Even while she’s saying that, she’s making a complicated face, how could she not care.

When they were being talked to again, Selena appeared with Angela and Verita.

“Ian, I brought you.”
“What, what’s going on?”

There is tension in Angela’s voice as she asks me after her daughter.
I felt an unusual atmosphere when I suddenly summoned them in the middle of the night.

Once she sat Angela and Verita on the couch, they stood opposite each other.

Selena and Dania took a step back and looked at the situation, and I cautiously opened my mouth.

“I called because there was something I hadn’t heard before.”

My heart beats like crazy when I see Angela’s eyes looking this way.
Still, her trembling gripped her heart.

“Actually, I… Am dating everyone here.”
“…”

Silence weighed on my shoulders again.

Unlike Verita, who was calm because she already knew everything, Angela couldn’t find anything to say to her and only twitched her lips.

You must be feeling a great sense of betrayal and regret right now.

The guilt that had calmly squeezed my stomach intensified, and I prostrated myself on the floor as if being guided by something.

“I’m so sorry!
“Hey, Mr. Ian!”

My words, which had been pouring out nonstop, stopped at the urgent call of Angela.

When she looked up, she still had a complicated expression.
But what he heard was unexpected.

“That… Oh, I knew that.”
“No, sorry… Huh? What?”

When she asked in bewilderment, she rather looked at me and said.

“That you and Dania are like that…”
“What is that…”

The next person to speak up was Dania, who had remained silent.

“Yes, actually I knew.”
“Dania too…?”

It feels like your brain has stopped suddenly.

Did you already know? How the hell

“Is Berita talking…?”

When she asked with a bewildered face, Verita denied it.

“No. I thought it would be rude to tell Ian first, so I stayed still.”
“As Verita-sama said, I just intuitively sensed that you were dating Angela-sama or Verita-sama.”

Following Dania, this time Angela added her words.

“I, I also noticed from a certain moment. I didn’t expect Dania to know about our relationship…. During that time, I didn’t think you were ready to talk, so I stayed quiet.”
“I had the same thoughts as Angela-sama.”

So, it’s not that Dania and Angela weren’t in a bad mood, were they listening to me and worrying about whether they should pretend they didn’t know or tell the truth?

Her head goes blank because the situation is so different from what she expected.
But there was one more person here who was just as shocked as I was.

“What, what?! Did everyone know? Mom, Dania? Even Verita?”

All eyes gathered around the young lady who asked in surprise.

“I thought the young lady was noticing it to some extent.”
“Since we live in the same house, it’s rather strange that we don’t know.”

Selena was stunned at the words of the butler and the butler.

“I-I didn’t know at all until I happened to go to her mom’s room and see it…”
She said, “Since she was a little girl, she’s been kind of oblivious… And she’s been confined to her room for a while.”

A shocked Selena in her eyes looked at Verita.

“Ho, maybe even when I asked last week…”
“Are you talking about the chestnut technique? Yes. Ian taught her diligently because her attitude to learn for him was admirable.”
“Ah! I didn’t even ask that far!”

She seems to have cooled her head a bit thanks to her being just as confused as I am, or she being more confused than I am.

“Since when did everyone know…?”
“I think I was convinced when Mr. Ian and Dania took a vacation last weekend. Maybe if it overlaps twice….”

For some reason, he gave permission without asking anything.
It wasn’t because I believed it naively, it was because I knew everything and moved on.

“I’ve known for quite some time. Both Angela-sama and Verita-sama’s atmosphere when they were with you changed completely.”
“Really? I don’t think there’s much of a difference…”

Angela and Verita’s cheeks turned a little red as she told Selena, who couldn’t understand her, that she was ignorant.

“Then everyone knew after all…?”

The three of them, except Selena, nod her head.
A complicated and subtle feeling that is both empty and relieved.

But I couldn’t get past it like this.
What I have to do is not simply tell the truth, but listen to their answers.

“…I’m sorry I couldn’t reveal it because I was scared. But I’ll tell you clearly. I love everyone here and I really want to make them happy. Please stay with me like this from now on. Please!”

My earnest cry spread throughout the living room and then disappeared, followed by Angela’s voice.

“Of course. I’ve said it before, but Selena and Verita are like family to me. There’s nothing more gratifying than sharing happiness with family, right?”

With that, she kindly cupped Dania’s hand, who was standing next to her.

“Dania is a very polite child, so she doesn’t express it often, but the truth is that she is this child and she is precious to me like a daughter.
“Eh, Miss Angela…”
“So if I can share the happiness you give me with Dania, I’ll be grateful.”

Even her confused Selena added to her mother’s comments.

“What did I say earlier? I’m fine.”
“I’m… Of the same mind, Ian.”
“I was certain that Ian-nim’s masculinity would one day become like this.”

At Verita’s last words, I smiled involuntarily.
They readily understand my selfish and selfish request.

I feel that no matter what happens, I have to protect these people and make them happy.
Of course, my people who will be thinking of me even if they are not here.

Maybe it was because of the smile that spread on my lips, but Angel also smiled brightly.

“Can I call you honey from anywhere now? Please take care of me in the future, honey.”

—

Returning to my room, I immediately threw myself on the bed.

… I am a blessed man.

To meet so many good people who understand everything about me.

I still feel fresh, so my fingertips and toes tickle, and my body seems to float up.

It was then.

Smart.

“Who is it? Come in.”
“Honey….”
“Angela?”
“Can I stay with you for a minute?”
“Yeah, of course not.”

As soon as I got permission, he climbed onto the bed, sat down next to me, and gently hugged me.

“What’s the matter?”
“I just… Want to stay like this for a little while.”

The soft and warm feeling that wraps your body like a blanket is pleasant.
While I was quietly enjoying the touch, I heard her soft voice.

“You know, honey. I was so happy today. It seems like the family has become one.”
“Yeah, thank you too, I’m so happy.”
“But I don’t know why, but I feel a little lonely. That’s why I came to see you.”

Even if I can’t express it clearly in words, I think I know how she feels.
I said as I wrapped my arms around Angela.

“Don’t worry. My feelings for Angela will never decrease or change. I’ll love everyone as I do now for the rest of my life.”
“Isn’t it? You know, but you must have been anxious for no reason. Honey hasn’t changed until now. Thank you, honey.”

At that moment, a small knocking sound was heard from the door.

“Selena? It’s okay to come in.”

The door opens and Selena enters, her face red.
I took it with my senses, but it was just right.

Thinking of that for a while.
After Selena, Dania followed suit.

“What are you two doing together…?”
“I-I just… Wanted to be with you for some reason. I didn’t expect my mother to be there first.”
“I came with the same thought, but I ran into a lady on the way.”

I think I understand without hearing any further explanation.
That they also came to this room with the same feelings as Angela.

Maybe it’s because they’re members of the same family?

But seconds later, another guest came.

“There were passengers. That’s three people at a time.”
“Berita?”

I could understand the other three, but I didn’t expect Verita to come to see me either.

Even though she pretended to be calm on the outside, she seemed to feel the same way as everyone else.

Angela asked Verita, who came inside and closed the door.

“Did Verita come because she was lonely too?”
“Yes? No. I came here because I remembered sleeping with Ian-nim.”

… I think I underestimated her too much.

“But since there are three of you, we’ll have to come next time. Have a good time.”
“It’s not that, I came because I wanted to be with you today.”

Verita, who was about to turn toward her door, stopped.

“Is that so? Ah. That’s what you meant by asking if she came because she was lonely.”

Angela blushes in embarrassment instead of answering her.
The same goes for Selena and Dania standing next to them.

“I understand the situation roughly. Everyone here seems to be feeling insecure without even realizing it.”
“…”
“Then it’s the man’s job to get rid of that anxiety.”
“Yes?”
“Ian-nim, please hug the four of us from now on. We will reassure everyone by proving that we can handle it no matter how many people increase.”

No, all of a sudden?

Looking around, no one tackled me, unlike me, who was flustered.

“Hey, honey…”
“Uh?”
“The bed here is too small for five people… Shall we go to my room?”

—

After a while, Angela’s room.

Across from me standing naked in front of her, there are four women side by side without underwear on.

She hadn’t been following the flow until she entered this room, but now she was determined.

Like Verita said, if they’re anxious, I’m the only one who can reassure them.
I am here to prove that I can love and make everyone happy.

Apart from that, now I had nowhere to look in a good way.

Dania’s strong and slim body.
Angela’s voluptuous breasts than anyone else’s.
Selena, who is thinner than her mother but follows her mother as much as her breasts.
Even Verita, whose tall height and straight body line are impressive.

At the unrealistic sight unfolding in front of my eyes, the gap between my legs was constantly sucking.

… Can I do it

I do not know.
But you have to. I have to prove that saying that I will make them happy is not just a joke.

Even while I was thinking about that, the gazes of the girls gathered between their groins were burning with anticipation, and I was determined to meet that expectation.