Lucas, as if revealing his impatient heart, had already settled in the reception room and was drinking his second cup of tea even before the appointed time.
“…So, when is Her Grace coming?”
He had asked this question many times already.
“She will be here soon.”
Displeasure spread across Lucas’s face as he heard the same answer for the umpteenth time. He would have understood if they’d arranged to meet in the afternoon, but for some reason, he felt unnecessarily vexed.
“The Duchess Regent of Astel, Her Grace Serena Astel, has arrived.”
Finally.
Before Lucas’s contemplation had ended, the servants’ voices echoed down the corridor.
“The Duchess Regent Serena Astel is here to see His Highness the Crown Prince.”
As soon as the door opened, there stood Serena, dressed in a gown completely different from what he had seen the day before.
With graceful and restrained movements, flawless etiquette, and even elegantly holding a fan in her hand, Serena caught Lucas’s eye in an instant.
“Sit down.”
Originally, Lucas had intended to say something about Serena’s tardiness, but his mind suddenly went blank at the sight of Serena’s fine figure.
“Your Highness.”
The head servant placed tea in front of Serena, who was seated diagonally across from Lucas, and soon only the two of them were left in the reception room. Regardless of Serena’s standpoint, this was possible since she was still his fiancée.
“How did you find me?”
Lucas, who had been watching Serena, let out a short sound of realization.
“I have things to ask. Besides, today you seem quite unlike yourself.”
“I also find this appearance amusing,” Serena retorted, causing Lucas to unconsciously extend his hand.
“I mean… I meant it in a good way. In other words, this appearance suits you very well.”
Had Lucas eaten something wrong overnight? Serena looked at him suspiciously for a moment before forcing a shaky smile.
A lady must smile when praised, as Anna had drilled into her head. Of course, Anna hadn’t meant this twisted and fake smile.
“Certainly, as you grow, your eye level changes, and your perspective changes.”
At the engagement ceremony, he hadn’t had the leisure to appreciate Serena’s formal attire or figure. He had been too ashamed and angry at his position, far below his fiancée’s.
“Especially, yours.”
“Pardon?”
Now that he was slightly taller than Serena, he could sense the distinct fragrance of a woman emanating from her.
As a child, he had simply regarded her as his tall fiancée, but now her unrivaled slender height and lively appearance radiated a confident beauty.
“I don’t understand why you are saying this all of a sudden.”
Serena continued to look at Lucas with guarded eyes. While Lucas had changed almost like another person over the past six years, Serena seemed to have added nothing but liveliness to her face.
“I didn’t get a proper look at you at the engagement ceremony, and when we met again, you were dressed so casually that I didn’t notice.”
“So, what are you saying?”
Serena’s hand, tightly clutching the fan, tensed.
“Seeing you now, in your regal attire, I think no woman on this continent could rival you.”
Serena choked on her tea and almost spat it out. Fortunately, she had a handkerchief Anna had provided, allowing her to dab her mouth and regain her composure.
“Your Highness, I really don’t understand why you are acting this way.”
Her blue eyes were serious and aggrieved.
“Our engagement is already void, and if you continue like this, I’ll be in trouble.”
If he had shown his affection for Serena from the beginning, she wouldn’t have felt so weird about it.
“It’s not void.”
Lucas’s intentions were inscrutable. He had been living well until now, so why, why now! Why did he suddenly appear, shamelessly saying these things?
“At the engagement ceremony, I vaguely wanted to catch up with you, but now that’s not enough. I want you, after all. That’s the only reward I desire.”
Are all royals so stubborn? Serena gritted her teeth, wondering if it was permissible to hit someone with a fan.
The behavior you showed after the engagement ceremony was utter indifference. So I decided to abandon my fiancé too.”
“What?”
Lucas looked at Serena with a baffled face. No matter how spirited the woman, she dared to say she would abandon him, a royal and her fiancé, something unimaginable.
“Afterwards, since coming to the Astel territory, I have been spending fulfilling and happy days. Until Your Highness came here.”
Resentment crept into Serena’s last words. Simultaneously, even the slightly slowwitted Lucas could clearly recognize it, her blue eyes were ablaze.
“I thought about why our conversation was superficial all last night.”
Indeed, she was good at doing things unasked. Serena, halfresigned, took a large gulp of her tea.
“The conclusion is simple. Our views on our engagement were too different.”
“That’s true.”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
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Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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