Ice Prince: Rewrite The Star

Chleo sat next to Max, who had finished arranging their breakfast menu. Then they enjoyed their breakfast while talking about various things.

"When did you bring me home?"

"I didn't see the clock."

"Hm… your cooking is the best."

Max chuckled as she quickly changed the subject.

"You wouldn't ask me how I get in?"

Chleo blinked her eyes cutely. To be honest, she didn't think so, but upon mentioning it, she wondered how that man got in here. Did the man search for her keys inside her bag? It wasn't that she objected to Max opening her bag. On the contrary, she didn't mind at all. 

It's just Chleo doubted that the man would find her house keys in her bag. She wasn't sure whether she could find the key if she looked it up herself.

She was used to often losing her keys because of her hopelessly carelessness, so it was unlikely that the man would open the door of her house with the key from her bag.

"How did you get in here?" just as she asked, Chleo remembered the incident where she had lost her keys and took the spare key under the potted plant of her terrace. At that time, Max and Dietrich were there with her. Maximillian could take the spare key, then.

"If I say I have the ability to teleport wherever I want, would you believe it?"

Once again, Chleo blinked in confusion, then she laughed. "Hahahaha… your joke is so funny. Are you a jumper?"

"Jumper?" Max knew Chleo would laugh at him, but he didn't expect to be called a jumper. What is a jumper, anyway?

"It's a movie. There is a remake from the 2000s called Jumper. The main character could teleport wherever he wants. The story was fascinating and jumpy. Did you watch it too?"

Max just gave a faint smile without answering her question. He resumed his leisurely breakfast along with his lover. It seemed like now wasn't the time to tell the girl. After all, there was one more thing to do to make their relationship easier.

"You're going to start work today, right?"

"Hmm. Xavier has called me to come at nine o'clock. He said there's something important I need to know."

"Then, I will send the gift to your office."

"Gift? What gift?"

"New Year's gift. Did you forget that I prepared a New Year's present for you?"

"Good grief! I almost forgot! I also have a present for you." with a quick motion, Chleo cleaned her mouth and hands and then got up and headed to her room without giving Max a chance to respond.

Not long after, Chleo appeared with a confused face. "Max, where are my suitcases?"

"It's in the vestibule."

Chleo immediately ran to the front room and unpacked one of the contents of her pink suitcase. After finding what she was looking for, she returned to the dining room behind the wall that separated the vestibule from the dining room. With a happy face, Chleo handed a thin and wide box to Max.

"It's for you. I didn't prepare a Christmas present for you, but I didn't forget you."

"You mean you forgot about me while on vacation there?" Max teased with a lilting tone.

"Would it kill you if you stopped teasing me? Since we're discussing it, what caused you to faint yesterday? Is it because I kissed you? In that case, you will faint every time I kiss you?"

"No. Yesterday I fainted because you didn't kiss my lips. But now I won't faint even if you just kiss my cheek. If you don't believe me, just try again." Max tapped his index finger against his cheek, which he thrust towards Chleo.

For a moment, Chleo believed the man's explanation and almost did what her lover wanted. But then she realized this man tricked her into getting another kiss from her!!

Chleo slapped Max on the shoulder playfully and sat back in her chair to continue her breakfast. She pouted when Max couldn't stop laughing. This handsome lover of hers loved teasing her in any possible way.

"Stop laughing." she couldn't help but protest while chewing her sandwich.

Max lessened his laugh, but he couldn't stop his amused chuckle when he pinched Chleo's cheeks lightly.

Chleo slapped the man's hand away in annoyance. "Go away. Don't disturb me."

Max pulled his hand away but didn't comply with the girl's request.

Chleo, who was still enjoying her breakfast time, lowered her guard for a while, thinking that Max had stopped bothering her. But when she was about to take the next bite, Max shifted his head forward and…

Cup!

Max gave a quick and firm kiss on the cheek, making Chleo freeze for a moment. Her heart was beating extremely fast because she didn't expect her lover to make a sudden attack like this.

"W… what are you doing?" Chleo subconsciously touched her cheek, which the man had just kissed.

"Don't you feel it's unfair that you kissed me? So I did it to make it fair."

"But I don't think it's unfair..." While trying to calm her pounding heart, Chleo tried to control her breathing which for some reason was now gasping for air.

"You don't like it? You can just give it back."

Chleo was speechless when she saw the handsome man thrust his cheek once more.

"Are you luring me to kiss you?"

"Oh, do I look like that?"

"Did you experience a collapse while I was sleeping?"

"Hmm? Why?"

"All this time, I thought you were a sensible, wise person. But who would have thought that you were such a shameless pervert man?" and even more strangely, why was her heart even more captivated by those brilliant blue triumphantly mischief eyes?

Ahhhh! Chleora Regnz, you no longer can escape his charm. Chleo cursed to herself.

"Really? But every girl I met believed I'm a gentleman? Isn't it great? You're the only one who knows my pervert side?"

"..." why did he even feel proud of himself?! Chleo was hopeless and couldn't win against this man. "Aren't you going to open my present?" Chleo decided to change the topic of their conversation while putting on a sullen face.

Max smiled amusedly at the girl's purpose of alluding to the gift for him. He decided to stop teasing her and unwrapped the wrapping paper.

After opening it, he took the contents and smiled warmly. The girl's gift was a sweater made of soft and thick material, perfect for this cold winter.

The sweater was dark blue according to his taste. There was a white horizontal line that spread from the chest to the back. Two thin red lines adorned the white line on the top and bottom.

Even though he didn't need it, he was touched because the girl remembered that he couldn't stand the cold.

"Do you like it? You can wear it whenever you want if you're cold."

"I like it very much. Thank you."

"And also… I have its match." continued Chleo in a shy voice.

Max blinked uncomprehendingly for a moment. Then Chleo took out the same sweater but smaller and pinned it to the girl's body. The sweater was also in the exact same color with the same red and white stripe motif.

Ah, so they were sweaters for a couple. Max happily accepted and would wear it once she asked for it.

Max moved closer then slid his hand behind Chleo's head gently. Then he landed his lips on her forehead to give her a firm and lingering loving kiss.

"Thank you."

"You're not teasing me, are you?" Chleo's shy query made Max chuckle in amusement.

"Of course not. Max pulled the girl closer and hugged her tightly as if he hadn't seen her in a long time. "I miss you."

He had wanted to do it for a long time. He had been waiting for a dozen years for a moment like this where he could pour out all his love for the girl and hold her in his arms.

Before his memory returned, Max had already fallen in love with Chleo. But now that he had remembered his feelings when he met little Chleo, his emotions burst out like fireworks that filled the sky.

His feelings became unbearable, and his affections towards the girl were no longer limited.

Max felt so grateful he could recall his memories of meeting little Chleo. He wished he could quickly remember the remnants of his memories of his previous life.

Max didn't know if he had also met Chleo before the reversed time or not. But he felt sure his sealed memories were related to Chleo.

He felt sure that soon he would also get his memories as Axelard Cavendish.

Little did he know, there would be a lot of doubt and thought when Max got the rest of his memory. He didn't know his guilt for Chleo was so great that he could bury his current feelings.

Not to mention, there was a rogue Vectis who was always ready to punish him when it felt the guilt from the blue king's body.