I Had the Enemy's Baby (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 173
“I’m opposed.”
“…Duke Vermonde.”
Kai An heard the sound of an invisible trap snapping shut.
Just a moment ago, he had believed his discomfort toward Valkyter stemmed merely from irritation at not being the one in control of this situation.
“How dare you treat Vermonde’s precious daughter in such a manner?”
A middle-aged man with red hair suddenly appeared, his face flushed with deliberate anger as he glared at Kai An. Only to Kai An was it unmistakably clear—the unnatural yellow eyes, reptilian in their gaze, smoldered with naked greed.
‘Could this whole thing have been prearranged?’
Up until this point, Kai An had been processing information rationally.
Though his heart twisted in anguish over Clodel’s ordeal, he refused to abandon his duties as a lord, even if his personal and human composure risked crumbling entirely.
After all, seeing, hearing, and judging what was right had long become instinctive—ingrained in him before conscious thought.
As the head of House Temnes, raised and refined to secure his house’s prosperity so it would never stain its long lineage, he knew those around him worried and felt uneasy since his wife vanished, yet he had never once acted recklessly or pursued something utterly unreasonable.
Sending people to search for her, ordering the lake drained—these were orders given because they were feasible.
Yet suspicion arising precisely from a point he’d trusted without question now deeply unsettled him.
‘Could Valkyter be targeting me? That’s impossible.’
Even if the entire world turned their backs on me, you would still believe in me.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
Oh, the child is finally here… The Emperor will be severely punished.