An Incomplete Divorce (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 97
The sunset was sinking through the large window. Edgar gazed at the utterly peaceful sky, mentally fitting together the pieces of a puzzle.
By noon, when people’s minds had cleared from the party’s heat and champagne, eyewitness accounts of Olivia’s disappearance began to surface one by one.
“I saw her heading toward the rose garden.”
“I thought I saw her going down toward the riverside. Her expression? It was too dark to tell, but her dress and tiara made it unmistakably Miss Blanchet. She looked so radiant even from afar. Has something happened to Miss Blanchet?”
It wasn’t a reporter—it was Sara Pablova, that woman. Olivia must have seen her.
More precisely, she must have overheard the conversation between Edgar and Pablova. That, at least, was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
“Duke Leopold has gone missing. Right now, that hotel is in complete chaos over it.”
With Johann joining in, the picture became clearer.
Then Gerald burst urgently into the study, and his report completed the puzzle.
“Miss Anne is nowhere to be found.”
Though it was a late summer afternoon that wasn’t particularly hot, Gerald’s collar was damp with sweat as he delivered the news.
Edgar merely nodded, as if he’d expected it, showing no other reaction. He kept his gaze fixed outside the window.
“And this is…”
Only then did Edgar slowly turn his head. Gerald carefully opened the box he’d placed on the desk.
Bathed in the crimson sunset, the object inside gleamed brilliantly—it was a diamond tiara.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
Sounds like someone is planning to make a misunderstanding between our couple
Here we go again, poor Olivia always getting hurt by men
Very painful for both of them, so sad that people just won’t let them be happy together.