CHAPTER 26: A GENTLE KISS TO REWRITE THE PAST

Roxanna turned around and looked at him with soft, worried eyes. "Really? You really can’t remember your past clearly?"

[I thought he was just joking when he said he forgot all the evil Roxanna’s bad deeds,] she wondered. [But what if he was telling the truth? What if he really can’t remember anything at all?]

Azul slowly shifted his eyes to the side, suddenly confused because he had only spoken carelessly and didn’t expect Roxanna to fully believe him.

But honestly, his memories were indeed a bit blurry. He genuinely didn’t remember much about the life he had before arriving at the Vixeria Tribe.

"You can say that," Azul replied. "My memories are a bit blurry."

Roxanna’s face grew even paler. [What if he can’t remember anything because that evil bitch traumatized him so badly?!]

She once read on the internet that people with severe trauma could develop short-term memory issues. So, of course, she assumed Azul was the same.

[Poor Azul...] Roxanna stared into his blue eyes with deep sympathy. [But wait... if he really can’t remember the past, doesn’t that mean it’ll be easier for me to give him a new good impression?]

[I can show him that I’m not evil at all. Maybe I can make him believe the old Roxanna was just his imagination!]

However, one thing still bothered her. "If you have trouble remembering things... Does that mean you might forget me someday?" Roxanna asked softly.

She might be happy he forgot the painful parts of his past, but she didn’t want him to forget her either.

"I think... I remember good memories more easily." Azul lowered his face so she didn’t have to look up at him. "That’s why, if you make me happy, then I won’t forget you."

[Ding! Ding!]

[Side Mission Activated: Create a Happy Memory With Azul by the River!]

[Reward: Legendary Cookbook — Teaches Host how to cook delicious meals from natural ingredients. Success rate: 100%.]

Roxanna blinked several times. This was the first time the system gave her a mission without offering lifespan as a reward.

She only had two days of lifespan left, so what was the point of a magical cookbook if she wouldn’t live long enough to use it?

[Host, your main mission to mate with your husbands is still active.]

[Mate now and you’ll get five more days to live!]

Roxanna widened her eyes. [But Azul won’t mate with me!]

[Didn’t he say he’s forgotten all the horrible things the evil Roxanna did to him?] the system argued. [Maybe you can create a new good memory by mating with him gently!]

The system had a point.

Roxanna’s face suddenly grew hot when she realized she could mate with Azul in a gentle way.

Truthfully, she longed for soft, tender sex as well. Back during the snowstorm apocalypse, her ex-husband treated her like trash, as if she had no worth at all.

"Do you... have any suggestions on how I can make you happy?" Roxanna asked in a tiny, shy voice, too embarrassed to look at him.

Azul smiled faintly, his eyes narrowing just a little as he watched her blush. "I’m not hard to please," he said softly. "A kiss should be enough for me."

"A k-kiss?" Roxanna lifted her face, but quickly looked away when she accidentally met his eyes. "I-I can... give you a kiss."

The evil Roxanna usually forced them to kiss her on the lips, even making her husbands want to throw up because she did it so aggressively.

Therefore, the first step she could take to erase that bad memory was to kiss him gently.

She leaned toward him slowly, then gave him a small peck on the cheek. It was just a quick kiss, but Roxanna’s heart was already pounding wildly.

After all, kissing a man as handsome as Azul was truly difficult.

"That’s not a kiss," Azul suddenly said. His face looked a little red too, and he had to clear his throat before continuing, "A kiss should be done here."

He tapped his lips lightly, asking her to kiss him there instead.

[He wants me to kiss his lips?! Really? But... what if it reminds him of the trauma? No... he probably forgot all of it...]

[Oh... my poor Azul,] she thought with determination. [I’ll give him a proper kiss so he knows kissing isn’t as scary as what that evil bitch did to him!]

However, how could Roxanna give him a proper kiss when her body refused to move? She was too embarrassed that her whole body stiffened... or maybe the reason went deeper than she realized.

[My ex-husband hated it when I kissed his lips. He told me I disgusted him...] Roxanna thought sadly. [What if Azul thinks the same?]

Her ex-husband was a clean-freak, and he always said that kissing on the lips was dirty and disgusting. Therefore, he would get angry whenever Roxanna tried to kiss him.

But when he finally revealed his affair with her best friend, he kissed his mistress on the lips without hesitation.

So maybe... Roxanna was the one who disgusted him.

Since Azul also had a tendency to be a clean freak, Roxanna felt afraid she might upset him as well.

But to her surprise, Azul suddenly leaned forward and pressed a gentle kiss on her lips. His lips felt a little cold, but somehow, they warmed Roxanna’s heart instantly.

"There," Azul whispered as he pulled back slightly. "That’s what a kiss is."

[So, Azul doesn’t feel disgusted by me?!] Roxanna felt like smoke was about to explode from her head, and her whole body grew so hot she couldn’t even feel the cold water around her.

[That kiss feels... really nice...]

"Do you mind if... we kiss again?" Roxanna asked softly, her voice full of shy hope.

Azul blinked, surprised by her sudden boldness, but a small smile slowly formed on his lips. "I don’t mind," he murmured. "As long as you want it too."

Roxanna swallowed hard. Her fingers curled nervously in the water, and her heart felt like it might burst.

This time, she leaned in on her own, closing the distance inch by inch. Even the night breeze seemed to hold its breath, waiting for their lips to meet again.