Contract Marriage with the Devil Duke (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 22
“If you come to the Odor Territory, you must visit the ancient amphitheater, the Perfume Museum, and the Centmi River.”
Orentia chattered away inside the carriage. Today was the day she was acting as Dimidius’s guide through the Odor Territory.
She’d worn a dress made of thin fabric, anticipating more walking and movement than usual. It was a yellow off-shoulder dress, light and fluttering at the hem. Paired with white lace gloves and a bonnet, it was perfect for going out.
Dimidius honestly asked Orentia, who kept glancing out the window.
“Are you uncomfortable being with me?”
Orentia stared at Dimidius with wide eyes. The red eyes visible through the eyeholes of his mask seemed unusually bright today.
‘Uncomfortable? That’s an obvious question.’
Dimidius wasn’t someone she felt at ease with. For some reason, she instinctively straightened her back, her whole body tense.
But saying that outright didn’t seem like a good idea. It was better to brush it off lightly.
Orentia carefully nodded at him.
“I’m not comfortable, no. We’ve met often enough, but we aren’t friends, are we?”
“Isn’t it time we could become friends? I don’t think being friends would be so bad.”
“Are you serious? You want to be friends with me?”
The word “friend” felt unfamiliar to Orentia. Though she’d attended many social gatherings, she’d never met anyone close enough to call a friend. Most people merely tried to curry favor with her, and she always ended up feeling trapped in subtle power dynamics, so she avoided such connections.
Thinking of Bobby, her personal maid who’d stayed behind at the count’s estate per her instructions for today, Orentia spoke.
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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.”
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