Artia grabbed his hand, which was pulling down her negligee.
His thick forearm contrasted with Artia’s thin, white wrist.
Artia looked at Cassus, who was looking at her seriously.
His handsome face illuminated by the moonlight.
Below his thick eyebrows, his sharp azure eyes shone brightly.
Quietly, it turned out to be full of lively color.
‘No, this atmosphere is dangerous.’
Artia turned her head.
‘I can’t do anything weird in someone else’s house.’
Even if they were now sharing a bed, Artia deliberately avoided meeting eyes with Cassus.
Because she didn’t know what kind of trouble would arise if they made eye contact in the current situation.
Artia was unsure.
Unsure if she could handle that outstanding testosterone.
Cassus seemed to be doing something based on information he heard somewhere, but it was getting dangerous.
“Lord, excuse me for a moment.”
“Hmm?”
“I’m too… tired, I just want to stop sleeping for a while…”
“Ah.”
Artia’s words telling him not to provoke her sounded like ‘I’m tired, I want to stop sleeping’ to Cassus’s ears.
He gently pulled the blanket up to Artia’s neck.
“Sorry for what I’ve done.”
“…”
“Sleep well.”
“Yes, good night… Lord.”
“Cool [dash].”
The first night the couple spent together.
While Cassus stayed up all night with his eyes open, Artia was already peacefully asleep.
Even though it was a sleepless night, it was truly a night without any incidents.
Artia, who was tossing and turning in her sleep, pulled the blanket far away.
The blanket was far away.
“You have a really bad sleeping habit.”
Seeing her deeply asleep figure, Cassus smiled faintly.
Then he picked up the blanket and covered her body again.
Now it truly felt like a family.
Living together,
Sleeping together,
Sharing thoughts,
Cassus wanted to spend more time with Artia.
Although the human lifespan couldn’t be adjusted at will,
He calmly pressed a kiss to Artia’s forehead as she slept.
His lips touched her forehead and then moved away.
Chirp, chirp, chirp.
Before he knew it, the day had dawned, and the sound of birds chirping outside the window was heard.
Certainly, it was different from the morning in the North.
The bird sounds and the air.
Cassus spent the night with open eyes but felt no fatigue.
The first morning with Artia brought a different feeling, and his body felt even fresher.
But Cassus felt like he couldn’t deeply fall asleep for a while because he didn’t know what had happened during the night.
“This hunting competition should attract everyone’s attention.”
“Yes. The Emperor is planning to make it even more significant this time.”
On the other hand, Emperor Deluman was furious at Owen and his close aides and was planning to disgrace the Wellington Duke in the North.
In that case, the more attention it attracted, the better.
Anyway, the victory was certain to be in the hands of the imperial family.
Owen was looking forward to this hunting competition more than ever.
“We can’t win without understanding the geography and characteristics of this place.”
At Owen’s words, tapping the desk, Deluman brushed off his clean beard and added.
“Moreover, I heard that Duke Cassus Wellington has never participated in the hunting competition before.”
“So, you realize how heavy the words are. The Duke’s appearance, asking me if I can handle it, stays vivid in my memory.”
“Many people were watching, so I couldn’t help but brag.”
“Pretentiousness.”
Owen recalled Cassus, his sharp gaze and face full of resentment.
The Duke didn’t come to the palace with good intentions.
He claimed not to have visited the palace for a long time, revealing his appearance, but it was after shooting a poisoned arrow during the festival.
The anxiety about the imperial family imposing the noble lady system,
The fear that the crown prince and the imperial family could invade the duke’s territory and harm the people anytime,
These two reasons were probably why the Wellington Duke turned his steps here.
To assess the atmosphere of the palace and figure out how he should position himself in the future.
If not, why else would he be here?
“The Duke is making efforts against the noble lady system.”
Coincidentally, Deluman expressed a similar thought to Owen.
“The duke seems to genuinely care about the people in his territory. Bringing his wife here might also serve political purposes.”
“She seemed upset about what happened to his wife.”
“Of course. Seeing your wife disgraced is an insult to yourself. Anyone in the Duke’s position would feel the same.”
While Owen chewed on a green grape on the table, he thought of the Wellington Duchess.
Owen, who had seen countless beauties in his lifetime as a crown prince.
But from the Duchess, he felt a strange atmosphere that he hadn’t seen before.
Certainly, her beautiful appearance played a role.
But besides that, she had something captivating about her.
Although Owen didn’t know her name properly yet, it seemed like a good idea to seize the opportunity to exchange a few words later.
That’s how intriguing she was to Owen.
Owen withdrew his hand from the grape, looked at Deluman, and raised his eyebrows.
“I will make sure he never gets what he wants. Make him regret coming here.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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