“I really have to go now!”
The coachman warned that if they did not leave now, they would have to cross the forest very late at night.
At the coachman’s urging, Chloe hurriedly sat on the seat. Kun also crammed part of his upper body into the carriage.
“Take care, Chloe. My friend.”
Kun, who signaled a real farewell, subtly extended his hand. Chloe understood his intention and overlapped her palm on top of it.
His remarkably white back of the hand was so clear that not a single blood vessel could be seen. Kun touched it as carefully as if it were a sacred relic.
“I will inquire about your wellbeing through a letter soon.”
Among friends, it was a customary greeting, and all the more so a common kiss for Chloe, who had been a princess.
Whether it was just a feeling or not, Kun’s seemed somewhat different.
Though it was a brief kiss, it felt unusually long, and even the gentle finish felt profound enough to leave an aftertaste.
She had never desired another person’s lips, but she had a strange imagination that if she were to share a kiss in the future, it would feel like this.
A relationship not of formalities, but one that truly began with emotion. It seemed like such people greeted each other passionately.
It took a day and a half to get to the north. A journey that would normally have been long and tiring felt unusually short today.
From a distance, the gates of the Duke’s mansion appeared. The magnificent and splendid mansion gave Chloe an overwhelming sense of pressure.
Chloe, who had swept past the window frame, leaned her head towards the window.
To have nowhere to return to but hell is indeed a despairing thing.
Annoyingly, the carriage continued to race towards its destination. It wasn’t long before it reached the mansion’s gate.
Chloe, escorted down by the coachman, immediately sensed something strange.
Most of the Duke’s household was standing at the gate. In the center was Chloe’s husband, Callis.
Unless it was a coincidence, it was clear that this was a situation to welcome Chloe.
The complexion of Helena, who was standing awkwardly behind, was not good. The other servants also seemed reluctant.
In other words, it was Callis’s unilateral action.
“Chloe!”
Callis greeted Chloe with a bright expression. His arms were wide open, as if ready to embrace her at any moment.
Even so, he seemed to notice the eyes of his lover, so he changed course by kissing her hand.
Unwanted excessive kindness is tiring. Chloe, who was already tired, quickly became more weary.
‘I’d rather be alone several times over.’
Chloe expressed her desire to be apart from him by going straight to her room.
But the clueless Callis continued to chase her inside the mansion. When they reached the door, he even opened it himself.
It would be normal for the room to be dirty since the owner had been away for a few days, but it was spotlessly clean.
“I’ve tidied it up so you can rest comfortably.”
Callis’s voice of pride was heard. His shouldershrugging gesture looked like he was seeking praise.
“Ah……. Thank you.”
“You must be tired from the long journey, so let’s go for dinner. Today, I specially asked the chef to prepare your favorite food.”
“…….”
“Right. After the meal, a floral shower is prepared. With the lilac scent you like. Relax and rest well to relieve your fatigue.”
Bragging about his achievements, Callis continued to list what he had done for Chloe.
He soon left the room, seemingly disappointed with Chloe’s meager response.
‘Something’s strange.’
Today’s Callis was indeed strange.
Where did he leave Helena, whom he does not love, and why did he act as if he had returned alone to the past?
Quite coincidentally, and in a disgusting way, Chloe found out what he was up to.
(This is a time separator.)
Whether it was the shock from visiting the royal palace, Chloe stayed awake all night.
She thought that maybe a dawn walk would make her feel better, and it was then, as she was wandering the corridor.
‘……Fire?’
A lit room caught her eye in the middle of the night.
The candle was extinguished, and only when she reached the room did she realize it was Callis’s bedroom, due to the dim surroundings.
Lingering late at night outside Callis’s room would only raise strange suspicions. Chloe quietly twisted her body.
“……Ah!”
If it weren’t for the scream that came through the open crack of the door, her resolution wouldn’t have crumbled.
Chloe instinctively checked the gap in the door. There, a feast of bare flesh was unfolding.
Soon after, a lewd noise struck Chloe’s ears.
“Callis……!”
“Ugh, uh, Helena.”
The back of the man Chloe once loved. A woman lying beneath that man.
The two were engaged in an improper relationship.
She must leave. She must go.
There was no reason to keep watching this disgusting scene.
But, contrary to her will, her legs wouldn’t move. Chloe had to stand frozen, watching the two’s lovemaking to the end.
‘I hate it.’
As a child, her teacher had said.
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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