Didn't Plan to Become a Companion (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 72
Julian lifted his glass and slowly turned his body, leaning against the low wall that reached his waist. His heated gaze prickled at her neck, making her swallow dryly.
“Yes. Though most ladies detest it, I’m quite fond of horse racing—especially the moment when the horse everyone predicted would lose ends up winning.”
The racetrack in Dermayer wasn’t much different from Resotia’s. It was slightly larger, but just as raucous with crude curses and jeers.
The one difference was that, unlike in Resotia where commoners and nobles mingled freely in the stands, Dermayer had a separate area exclusively for nobles.
While a few women could be seen among the commoners, spotting a lady in the nobles’ section was no easy feat.
Nobles and commoners alike turned into madmen when the horses raced—so the hypocrisy of deliberately separating seating felt somewhat nauseating. Perhaps it was because she hadn’t lived “nobly” for very long.
Sabrina, well aware of her own hypocrisy, gave a self-deprecating laugh.
“To understand the joy of such moments—you truly are different from other women, Sabrina.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
Precisely because she seemed different, he must have felt the urge to hold her—just once. Being different had always stirred men’s hearts. That, Sabrina believed, was why lasting love from one person was impossible.
Though, of course, there were exceptions like our Viscount Rochester.
For some reason, Sabrina found the whole situation growing dull. Perhaps it was the heat, or maybe Lienne’s ideals had rubbed off on her—but these moments where she questioned the point of it all kept piling up.
Shaking her head to dispel such useless thoughts, she turned her gaze aside.
There, on the floor directly beneath where she was resting, an elderly woman with a stooped back wandered about aimlessly. Her basket, held in one hand, was brimming with flowers.
She seemed to have taken a wrong turn while trying to reach the commoners’ area.
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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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