Life After Divorce (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 97
Edmund in the mirror was drenched like a dog caught in the rain. He roughly wiped away the water, yet droplets still pooled endlessly beneath his chin. His expression in the mirror twisted desolately, and a tear rolled down his cheek.
He couldn’t grasp the surging emotions within him. They were bitter, pitiful, angry, and resentful—all at once.
He’d said he’d approach her slowly, but that didn’t mean he hadn’t tried to appeal to her at all. Clueless in love as he was, he’d even taken up chest exercises, supposedly something she liked, and shamelessly exposed more of his chest on purpose, enduring embarrassment just for her.
Yet she didn’t even see him as a man—let alone as a younger brother. Ha. He laughed hollowly and pushed back his wet hair. He felt exactly like a dog yearning desperately for its master’s affection.
Of course, Etricia bore no blame for these feelings. After all, it was he who’d decided to slow his approach toward her. Though his blood had run dry from suppressing the urge to draw closer whenever they were together, that resolve had been wise—he hadn’t wanted to trouble her while she was overwhelmed by her recent divorce and busy with her business.
It was fortunate that Etricia was indifferent to high society and somewhat oblivious; otherwise, someone might have claimed she stayed in the Mipidian household only because she “knew her place.”
Just recalling it again filled him with rage, and he sneered.
‘Knew her place?’
It was he who dared desire her.
How could they possibly understand, when merely sleeping under the same roof made his blood boil so fiercely that tonight, like now, he had to take a cold shower?
He almost wished she’d be a little worse at “knowing her place.”
Etricia valued familial and sibling bonds.
She was also clear-headed about distinguishing ideals from reality, making compromises swiftly. Most likely, in her mind, the notion that she—a divorcée—and Edmund could never be lovers had already solidified into an absolute certainty.
And breaking that frame would never be easy.
He still didn’t want to cause her trouble. Until he found the demon beast, he had to restrain himself for her safety.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
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Just as I let out a long sigh to calm myself, the sound of a carriage reached me
cant believe your best friend didn’t make an appointment.
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oh man girl, using your self as bait never goes well! just kiss the man instead