The woman bowed her head and burst into tears.
“I, … I did that.”
“The reason.”
Johan’s gaze, sleepless last night, was sharp and piercing.
“I hated that woman. She dared to wear the necklace that the princess had worn and shamelessly took away the marquis, who had been the princess’s lover….”
The woman couldn’t continue speaking as she choked with tears.
“Go on.”
“Now, even the tennis tournament. It was painful to watch the princess suffer. Such a woman needed to know her place. So….”
“So, that’s how it happened.”
The woman lowered her head deeply, squeezing her nose with a handkerchief and nodding.
Angela Birkin.
The daughter of the insignificant Viscount Birkin and a maid in the service of Princess Annblin.
Unfortunately, the woman did not seem to be a suitable pawn, having kidnapped and imprisoned someone, leaving them in a mentally fragile state, to take advantage of their plight.
In a gentlemanly sense, she was innocent, but speaking bluntly, she was foolish.
Johan, who didn’t want to talk much, got straight to the point calmly.
“How much did you receive?”
“I already told you. I did it alone. For the sake of my benefactor, the princess.”
‘Angela. You know you are the only maid I trust. There is no one else but you.’
Angela tightly clenched her hands under the table.
She was a body entrusted with the trust of the noble princess.
Whenever she felt afraid, it felt bearable, thinking of the princess’s whisper as if all of this were a sublime sacrifice.
“MacDowell’s butler, grocery store employee, hotel staff. Each received 10,000 francs. It wasn’t in Viscount Birkin’s financial records.”
“… I sold my jewelry.”
It must be the princess’s given jewelry. If Viscount Birkin had the funds, why would he take out a high-interest loan?
If she had given a more plausible reason, she might have pretended to be deceived.
“Where is that jewelry store?”
“Cartina.”
Johan glanced at Morris. Morris gave a brief bow and then left the office.
She thought Morris was sent to confirm. It was in vain. The jewelry store had already been bought by the princess.
“It’s useless. I did it alone. So, don’t threaten the princess with such things anymore.”
As dangerous as greed was innocence. Unaware of being used, and unaware of being abandoned, the woman’s life would come to an end.
Johan set fire to the poetry at the end. After taking a sip of the smoke, he leaned against the back of the sofa.
“Is it worth it?”
Exhaling the smoke for a long time, Johan murmured quietly.
“I don’t know how much you got.”
The woman’s eyes twisted.
It was an utterly expressionless face. Angela shivered.
In the bright sunlight pouring through the large window of the office, Johan Leopold, sitting in the midst of that light, was chilly and cold.
The man with bright blond hair that evoked only night and dawn stared intently.
“I don’t think so.”
“….”
A lifetime.
No.
“If something goes wrong, it will take three years. Of course, I’ll get you out before that. I’ll get you a royal lawyer. You just have to trust me, Angela.”
You have to trust the princess. Don’t waver.
Angela once again recalled the princess’s words. As if penetrating her thoughts, Johan spoke decisively.
“The princess won’t save you.”
“No! Absolutely not. The princess will…”
“I’ll have to imprison someone if I have to end it.”
“!”
“And the princess.”
Johan stared at the woman coldly.
“She threw you to me as a sacrificial lamb.”
“…”
It was a cruel statement. Angela shouted in anger, trembling.
“No. …No, that’s not true. It’s a lie… Who would believe such a lie?”
“Indeed, would they?”
The woman blinked. Lips that had praised the princess as a great servant tightly closed.
She looked like an animal with its tail down. Tears began to fill the woman’s eyes again.
“From today, you’ll be staying in prison. If you change your mind after experiencing it, anytime.”
Prison.
Angela bit her lip.
She couldn’t abandon the princess’s trust with such threats.
Even though she was doing such a trivial thing that senior maids wouldn’t do.
Because the princess needs me. I’m fine.
… Am I really fine?
Angela asked herself.
Even though she claimed to have no one but herself, how many times did she mix words with the princess? How many times did she escort the princess during important events?
The times the princess smiled at her.
Still, even if that’s the case, she must not betray…
“If I were you, I would make a deal.”
In the arrogant and unsteady tone, Angela looked up with lowered eyes.
The man proposing an irresistible offer seemed like a devil.
Even though it was such a bright morning with the sunlight pouring in, it felt like a dark shadow covered the man.
It was an irresistible temptation, a devil’s temptation.
She was clearly awake. She remembered seeing the dark sky turning blue in the bright light.
When she opened her eyes, the wide room was bright. She seemed to have dozed off while deducing who was behind the kidnapping.
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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