Surprised by the kiss that delved a little deeper than the first, Olivia closed her eyes tightly. Her thin eyelids trembled.
Edga. The name that emerged from his irregular breath scattered above his lips. It was enchanting.
‘Olivia, no.’
Johann’s voice shattered above. The pleasure increased.
Edga swallowed a suppressed sigh and explored the woman’s lips, Olivia. He called her name like a languid breath, repeatedly.
Olivia.
Under the quiet moonlight by the riverside, the night that she didn’t want to end grew deeper.
Johann’s express train arrived at the Le Mong station.
It was around evening, but the night streets of the city, centered around history, were splendidly illuminated.
The carriage waiting to receive the signal departed with Johann towards Le Mong harbor.
Putting aside the urgent schedule, what kind of crazy act was this?
Maurice, sitting across, side-eyed Johann, who closed his eyes, and licked his tongue. It was truly an unexpected escapade.
Suddenly heading to Britain.
I wonder if this sudden move is because of Princess Krantz.
Maurice could have bet his entire fortune that it was absolutely not.
Foolish, it’s foolish.
Maurice was convinced.
The human psyche is inherently messed up.
When someone clings to you, you get tired of it, but when they leave because you dislike it, you want to hold on. That’s how it usually goes.
You’re good at it when you have it.
“Stop looking.”
“Oh, yes.”
Maurice, who was surprised, closed his mouth and quickly turned his head to the opposite window.
Even so, Maurice sneakily looked at Johann reflected in the black glass. He still had his eyes closed with fists clenched.
What are you thinking?
As the dazzling lights flowed into the quiet carriage, the night sea gradually revealed itself, sinking into darkness.
The carriage arrived at Le Mong harbor while Maurice was nodding off.
“Have you arrived, sir?”
In response to the greeting from the employee who came to meet him, Johann lightly nodded and moved his steps towards the second dock where the Leopold was anchored.
“There is an urgent dispatch from the royal family.”
Before the employee who followed quickly could finish his statement, Johann, who was walking in front, stopped.
“From the royal family?”
“Yes, sir.”
He nervously wiped his forehead. The sea breeze was moist and thick, sticking to him.
A foreboding came that this day would seem extraordinarily long.
Sure enough.
Johann’s forehead narrowed as he examined the dispatch received in the VIP lounge.
His gray eyes were chilling. Dare to see the letter from King Ronald of Rondos.
“F***ing.”
A low and cursing remark hissed through.
It seems like he’s gone mad.
Maurice’s complexion turned ashen, as if he were caught plotting treason.
Curious about the content, Maurice tilted his head and pulled it back.
“Urgent. Immediate audience required.”
It was the content of the urgent message sent desperately by the queen.
What a crazy timing.
Maurice shook his head nervously.
Johann held up a cigarette with an oily finger.
With a sharp friction sound, flames rose. The cold but elegant features became sharp in an instant.
Johann’s gaze, slowly exhaling smoke, broke through the boundary between the night sky and the sea, heading out through the window, turning the entire view into darkness.
The small lights of the docks, lighthouses, and passing boats were twinkling.
Johann twisted his wrist to check the time.
Before the clock hands, his wife’s face invaded his sight.
‘Think of me.’
Ha. A long sigh, accompanied by slowly rising bluish-gray smoke, dispersed into the air.
He missed her.
The inexplicable sight of her playing tennis across the sea.
Simply that.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
