Maybe she might be happy.
Maybe she met a man she truly loved and was happy…
“!”
At that thought, Christoph bit his molars tightly. His eyes glinted like those of a wild beast.
The very thought of her having another man made all the blood in his body run cold. If the bastard was in front of him, he was filled with such a furious and violent rage that he could break his neck on the spot.
At least as long as he was glaring, he couldn’t bear to see that.
Christoph did not believe in love. He thought that there was no emotion in the world as easy to change. Rather, hatred or resentment would be more enduring.
How ugly were the vows of eternal love from his parents. How terrible was the truth of that day.
Christoph, as if trying to shake off a sudden thought, clenched his jaw.
So what’s the name of this emotion for Marianne? Possessiveness? A desire to own? If not that, an obsession?
There was no one who could answer that question. Christoph didn’t know the answer either. It was an emotion he was experiencing for the first time. No one else had ever confused him so.
Would it be better to forcibly take her away?
At that thought, Christoph slowly shook his head. Marianne usually followed Christoph’s opinions, but she was never easy to deal with.
If he forcibly took her against her will, Marianne would escape from his hands by any means. Just as she had headed to Blauberg after shaking off Gunter and Karin.
This time, she would hide where he could not find her. And Christoph would lose her forever.
That’s not what he wanted. He did not want to experience that again. It was enough to feel his blood drying up all over his body once, not knowing where Marianne was.
Finally, as if resolved, Christoph clenched his fist. Then there was only one way left.
“I’ll make you love me again, Marianne.”
So that her bluegreen eyes would look at him with a faint warmth. Christoph sincerely intended to seduce her.
(This is a time separator.)
“I’ll be back!”
Marianne greeted cheerfully and left the front door. It seemed like it was going to be a good day today… but her face quickly stiffened.
Christoph was standing there. In the same spot as yesterday, with the same expression.
“!”
Could he have been standing here all night? Marianne, who opened her eyes wide, soon sighed in relief. He was wearing different clothes. It seemed he hadn’t been guarding the house overnight.
Christoph, who had been staring at the front door for a long time, couldn’t easily take his eyes off her as she suddenly appeared. Suddenly, his eyes widened.
Her bobbed hair was swinging above her shoulders.
“Marianne.”
Her name flowed from Christoph’s lips.
Even though he knew Marianne’s departure time, he had been standing there waiting for her long before. Endlessly gazing at the closed door, tormented by his thoughts. Since sleep didn’t come, there was nothing else to do.
And finally, she revealed herself.
Realizing that his gaze was lingering on her cut hair, Marianne made an awkward face. Did it not suit her? She shook her head soon after.
So what if it doesn’t suit her. Christoph’s opinion was no longer important.
But at that moment, Christoph’s eyes narrowed. Looking at Marianne’s forehead, he uttered a soft curse.
“That bastard, I should have killed him.”
“Ah.”
Marianne let out a soft moan without realizing it. Then she remembered her bruised forehead.
Seeing her, Mrs. List, who was angry to the tips of her hair, forcibly handed Marianne an umbrella as she left the house.
―I don’t know who he is, but blow his head off and come back!
Marianne awkwardly fiddled with the old umbrella that the old woman seemed to be using.
Swallowing the rising emotion, Christoph took a deep breath and stared intently at Marianne. Suddenly, his lips parted.
“But no wound can hide your beauty.”
“!”
His voice was low and heavy, almost making her fingers numb.
Marianne opened her eyes wide, as if she didn’t know what he had said. Her shameless heart sank with a thump, but outwardly, she feigned indifference.
She never thought that hiding her emotions as Mrs. Schneider would help her at this moment. It was a great relief.
“I recall the first day we met. You had the same short hair as now, and it caught my eye.”
Marianne was secretly surprised that he remembered that day. She thought it was a memory only she cherished. She thought it was a precious memory only to her.
But… Christoph remembered it. The first meeting of the two.
Marianne deliberately put on a brusque voice so as not to betray her agitation.
“I’m sorry. I’m not acting like Mrs. Schneider. But this is me, Marianne Clozé.”
Christoph looked nonplussed, as if he had heard something unexpected, and he took a step closer with an anxious face.
“It’s not that, Marianne. You are…”
Marianne no longer looked at him and moved on. She didn’t want to converse with him. He would surely tear her heart apart without lifting a finger, just as he had always done.
Eventually, he would swallow her whole.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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