Contract Marriage with the Devil Duke (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 48
Orentia wore a modest negligee that covered her body completely and draped a robe over it. For some reason, she felt she couldn’t face Dimidius wearing only the negligee. Since they were sharing her room, she thought he must be considerate enough to let her sleep as comfortably as possible.
Candles softly glowing were lit all around Orentia’s room, unlike usual. The flickering candlelight in the dim room felt quite romantic. The maids had clearly gone out of their way on purpose. Moreover, fragrances were placed around the bedroom, making it smell even sweeter than normal.
Was everyone hoping for an heir from the Grand Duke?
Thinking of that, Orentia gripped her robe tighter. She grew tense and worried whether she’d be able to sleep properly.
Just then—
Dimidius entered after knocking on the door. He wore a black silk sleeping robe. Having only ever seen him in suits, she found him refreshingly different in slightly looser attire.
Not wanting to seem awkward, Orentia greeted him with the most composed expression she could manage.
“You’re here? Have you finished all your work?”
Dimidius, however, sat on the sofa instead of coming to the bed and replied,
“I’ve wrapped up everything for today. It took quite some effort to stay on schedule.”
“I see. Then why sit on the sofa?”
If he had no more work left, she didn’t see why he needed to sit there. Yet Dimidius stared at her with an odd intensity that made her feel as if her whole body had frozen solid.
“W-why?”
“Are you planning to sleep in that robe? If my presence makes you uncomfortable, I can sleep on the sofa.”
For a brief moment, Orentia agonized deeply—should she let him sleep on the sofa or try to persuade him otherwise? Although she knew sleeping on the sofa would obviously be uncomfortable and felt she ought to convince him, the mere thought of lying beside him made her head spin.
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)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
What about her cousin Sokor? It might explain his personality changes.