“This… you [expletive]!”
Seeing Henry coldly turning away, the anger that Camilla had suppressed exploded. In that moment, all that remained for Camilla was a sense of betrayal.
‘That cowardly [expletive]! I’ll end him right here and now!’
Camilla’s eyes flickered with intensity.
“Camilla…!”
At that moment, feeling something strange, Henry hastily turned around. Swiftly avoiding him, she grabbed the excessive item.
“Let go of this! Won’t you let go?!”
Failing in her plan, Camilla sharpened the blade.
“Camilla, you! How could you try to stab me in the back?”
Henry shouted with a pale face.
However, Camilla, with a face covered in sweat and blood, just sneered.
“I spent countless nights with you before getting married. How can you turn your back on me?”
Struggling to free her hand from Henry’s grip, she exclaimed, “Is what you’re doing to me justified?”
“Camilla, please snap out of it!”
Henry shouted while holding Camilla’s wrist even tighter. “Let go! Let go!”
Shouting fiercely, Camilla desperately tried to stab Henry with the blade. Another spark of malice flashed in her eyes.
In the moment she met his gaze, Henry sensed that his life might slip away in this shabby inn if he continued to lose focus.
He urgently raised his hand and struck Camilla’s cheek forcefully.
Snap!
“Wake up, you crazy woman!”
Henry’s yell echoed through the inn. Camilla, who was hit while still gripping the excessive item, collapsed to the floor. The item she held tightly also fell from her hands.
“Haah, haah…”
Gasping for breath, Henry picked up the fallen item. Without hesitation, he thrust it into the wooden wall and shouted, “Camilla! Were you really planning to stab me with this knife? You’ve gone completely mad. You’ve truly lost your mind!”
Sharp insults and disdainful glares poured out ceaselessly.
After a while of bowing her head in silence, Camilla’s lips slowly formed a sardonic smile.
“Heh, heh, heh…”
Twisting her head back as if reveling in her victory.
As Henry’s face distorted once again, Camilla stared at him and spoke again, her voice calm enough to feel somewhat sardonic.
“So, should I endure all this disgrace alone? Why… only me?”
“Camilla…”
“For whom did I start all this nonsense?”
Until then lying scattered on the floor, Camilla struggled to rise.
“All of this was because of you.”
Her face, soaked in sweat, twitched unnaturally.
“But now, after all this, you’re planning to return to Robellia alone in peace?”
Camilla forcefully grabbed Henry by the collar, bringing her face inches away from his.
“…Because of you, my flower garden has turned into a mess.”
“…”
“But, watching you leave as if you’ve done nothing wrong… Am I just going to stand by and watch that?”
Heh heh, heh heh…
Once again, an unpleasant laughter escaped from Camilla.
Seeing her like that, Henry already had a face that showed he was fed up.
For a moment, Henry, trying to control his expression, gently grabbed Camilla’s wrist.
“Listen to me…”
“Don’t touch me, let go of this!”
“Camilla, I also have a plan.”
“Do you think I’ll believe words coming from a forked tongue like yours again?”
“If even Robellia finds out about us now, the problem will get worse, and you know that!”
At Henry’s shout, Camilla’s resistance momentarily stopped. Seizing that opportunity, Henry firmly held onto her wrist and continued.
“Now that you’ve lost all personal property, and I won’t receive a single coin as alimony, being chased out by the Bart Viscount’s followers… We truly have no hope, Camilla.”
His soft voice caused Camilla’s expression to gradually soften.
The Bart family was originally a close family of Robellia. Although Henry was the current head, the influential members naturally sided with Robellia.
If the affair with Robellia were to be revealed, Henry feared not only losing alimony but also having all the personal property he had accumulated taken away.
There was some logic to Henry’s words.
Camilla reluctantly opened her eyes halfway.
“So, are you saying that now… you plan to take away all the Bart Viscount’s property and divorce, and then plan to remarry… with me?”
Henry nodded slowly.
“Ugh… Fine. I just want to be with you somehow, Camilla.”
Camilla glared at Henry for a moment as he spoke.
But her venomous mask soon crumbled into tears.
Indeed, experiencing the affection of others for the first time in a long while had made Camilla like this.
Henry embraced her, who was like that, and gently patted her back.
“Trust me and wait a little, Camilla. I will somehow publicly declare you as my woman to the whole world.”
“…Robellia?”
Camilla’s pupils shook nervously.
Seeing her like that, Henry chuckled softly.
“I should go now. Robellia will be waiting.”
“…Robellia?”
Camilla’s eyes shook with unease.
Seeing her like that, Henry chuckled softly.
“You fool, I just told you. Robellia shouldn’t find out about us until I completely take control of the Bart Viscount’s estate.”
“But…”
“If we delay here any longer, Robellia will start to suspect. Now, I really have to go.”
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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