After hanging the emerald necklace around her neck, he fiddled with the ring and got lost in thought.
‘I’m scared.’
Physical pain was tolerable no matter how severe.
But if Annette’s pain had worsened compared to before, he felt like he couldn’t let her go away from his side.
He might even end up feeding her directly, washing her, or becoming her footrest.
“Maybe it’s better not to know.”
Would I feel more at ease if I pretended not to know?
No matter how much I thought about it, there was only one answer.
The hands had already activated the incantation.
Hertian felt pain radiating from his toes up his spine.
In response to the surging pain, his body, startled, broke into a cold sweat. Hertian raised his wet eyes. In his eyes, which seemed mixed with bruising, Annette, who slept like a corpse, appeared.
Even though the pain was incomparable to that time, she could still sleep well. Moreover, when the headache became so severe that her head turned white, she burst into hysterical laughter.
“Duke.”
If it hadn’t been Osun, who knocked on the door and opened it just in time, Hertian might have gone to Sharpenen to get rid of Annette’s headache.
Hertian stopped the connection of the incantation and stepped out of the carriage.
Osun looked at the sweating Hertian with a puzzled expression.
“What happened inside?”
Osun chuckled, swaying the carriage.
“Are you two in the mood for something hot…?”
However, faced with Hertian’s disgusted gaze, she closed her mouth.
“Or did something happen inside?”
“It’s noisy. Let’s talk over there.”
Hertian, controlling Annette’s mouth to prevent her from waking up, moved away from the carriage. Osun, complaining, followed Hertian.
Annette, who despised being a burden to others, had no intention of leaving despite the forced blame on her.
Even without reading the letter, it was obvious.
Just by looking at the letters they had exchanged so far, there was a rough sense of what words were written.
“Are you coming up north to do something?”
“Divorce.”
At the dry response, Osen gasped for breath.
“Why… Why all of a sudden…”
“Probably planning to leave me behind.”
To bear everything alone.
Still thinking of herself as a burden.
“Will you really leave me like that…?”
Osen asked with difficulty, glancing around.
Hertian tightly gripped the sword granted by the Empress.
“I promised not to do things Annette dislikes.”
He said, looking at the carriage.
“From now on, I might have to do only things she dislikes.”
“What do you mean?”
“Interference.”
The thing Annette hated the most.
Intruding into her territory without permission.
But before that, he had to make it clear that it was not just a contractual relationship.
‘So that Annette can rely on me a bit.’
Had a pleasant dream.
A dream where Lian and I were playing on the grassy field.
Maybe because the Belladonna flowers were blooming.
Especially lately, I felt a connection with Lian.
Although it was a dream, Lian I met in dreams these days had a clearer image.
Occasionally, I could smell Lian’s scent, and sometimes I could feel his breath. Today, his voice was particularly clear.
“Annette, this is a gift.”
Lian, who was hopping on the grass, brought a beautiful wreath.
“It’s really pretty. I’ll make one for you too.”
As a person who was sure about the concept of ‘give and take’, I was concerned about Lian’s bare head and immediately started looking for flowers after putting on the wreath.
Seeing me, Lian grabbed me.
“Instead of making a wreath, promise me something.”
“What promise?”
Lian, glancing at his mother drinking tea in the distance and his father, brought his index finger to his mouth.
I noticed immediately when I saw Lian’s actions.
“Is it a secret between us again?”
“Of course, Annette. You’ve become faster at catching on, just like me.”
“I was always fast.”
“No, really? When Hans kept giving you cookies, you just accepted them, saying you were a good kid, remember?”
Lian teased me.
“No, really? Because I felt sorry for Hans, I gave him dessert too.”
“That’s so oblivious.”
Lian, with a small fist, lightly tapped my forehead, so it wouldn’t hurt.
“Hey! Don’t say I’m oblivious, and tell me what the promise is.”
“If I tell you, will you definitely keep it?”
“Of course. I’ll definitely keep a promise with you, Lian.”
Lian was the only one who knew about my past.
If it weren’t for Lian, my life here wouldn’t have been as comfortable. That’s why Lian meant more than just a new family.
“Someday, someone similar to you will appear in front of you. Be careful of that person.”
“Someone like me?”
“Yeah. Someone who has crossed time and space like you.”
“How can I know that?”
“Of course, you’ll recognize them right away.”
Young me tilted my head.
“Can’t Lian just tell me?”
“I might not be there.”
“Why…?”
“Well, I might be at home, or I might be somewhere else.”
“Okay, I get it. But how should I be careful of that person? Should I avoid them?”
“It would be good if you could, but it probably won’t work. You’re not the old Annette anymore.”
Young me made a frightened expression.
“But since you came here, it’s a done deal. I’ll stop you from living like the old Annette, so you don’t have to worry.”
Over a year since I was reborn, I was too busy adapting to this place and didn’t know what that meant. I just nodded, saying I understood.
Lian smiled widely, fixed the wreath, and handed it back to me.
I didn’t know then.
In the dream, Lian’s eyes were not those of a child but those of an adult who understood everything.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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