“Almost all the central nobility were invited, and nearly all replied. Mother must have rushed here right away.”
With her fiery temperament, it wasn’t surprising that her mother had come so quickly.
After reading the letters, Whitney leisurely made her way to the drawing room.
“Let only Sir Haywin enter with me. Everyone else should wait outside.”
“Are you sure?”
“Don’t worry. As long as there are eyes, they won’t dare touch me.”
Sir Haywin, her escort knight, accompanied her. As the door opened, her mother’s distorted face was immediately visible.
“Mother, if you had contacted me earlier, I would have returned sooner.”
“You! What on earth have you been up to?”
At Cecilia’s loud voice, Sir Haywin stepped protectively in front of Whitney. He seemed ready to draw his sword at any moment. Whitney, smiling at his large back, reassured him.
“It’s okay, Sir Haywin. Surely, Mother wouldn’t dare harm me, right?”
“Understood.”
He stepped back as Whitney sat down and called for a maid to serve hot tea.
“Whitney. Staying at the Rubenius residence and then moving to the capital, you should have come straight home instead of continuing to impose on others. You’ve brought disgrace to the Orleans family.”
“Is that so? Receiving guardianship from the Rubenius family is enviable. It might even enhance our family’s network.”
“That’s…!”
As maids entered with hot tea, Whitney gently held her warmed cup, feeling its heat.
“Please replace my mother and sister’s cups with warm ones as well.”
“Of course.”
The maids quickly exchanged the cups, and the fragrant aroma of tea filled the room.
“Is that the only reason you’ve come, Mother? If that’s the case, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about. Everyone was full of praise.”
Whitney smiled as she set down her teacup.
“I thought it would be beneficial for both me and the Orleans family to build connections before my debutante ball. I’m sure Her Majesty the Queen is also paying attention.”
“Is all this for Melissa’s sake?”
“I’ve always been thinking only of the Orleans family, as usual.”
Cecilia’s hand trembled slightly as she held her teacup. Whitney maintained her composure.
“Look at what you’re doing! This is why I didn’t want to let you out of the house. It’s not like the Orleans ducal house lacks power. Relying on the Rubenius family for support and choosing to stay somewhere that’s not home, what will people think?”
“We’re talking about my aunt, not just anyone. It’s just family helping family.”
Whitney tilted her head, tapping the table with her fingers while observing Melissa’s expression, which was less than pleased.
“There shouldn’t be any problem, but did you get rejected from all the invitations?”
Her mother blinked in surprise, her mouth trembling slightly, indicating Whitney’s assumption might be correct.
It must have been difficult for her mother with rumors spreading around the capital. But admitting the truth to Whitney would have hurt her pride too much to confess everything.
“If that’s not the issue, I’m not sure what could be wrong. Oh! If it’s because I didn’t invite you two, I have prepared your invitations. I heard you’re hosting a weekly banquet, so I didn’t send them initially, but that was thoughtless of me.”
Whitney handed the invitations to Cecilia and Melissa.
“You’re welcome anytime. Aunt said she wouldn’t spare any support. Isn’t it fortunate? I managed to gain a lot without even using the Orleans family’s resources.”
Whitney looked at their expressions and feigned innocence, smiling sweetly.
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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