“Did you leak the contract with the royal family?”
“Co-contract?”
“Yes! The contract carried out under the negotiations with the royal family!”
His shout fell upon Helena, who couldn’t understand and asked again. Despite the high decibels that made her shoulders flinch, Helena couldn’t even pretend to be surprised.
“It’s just that…”
Suddenly, she remembered her first meeting with the princess. Was the secret she carelessly mentioned that day to impress the princess the issue?
She had merely blurted it out without thinking to trap Chloe!
“Speak.”
“So, Cal, that’s…”
“You’ve ruined everything!”
Before Helena could even offer an explanation.
Rarely grim, Callis aimed his fury at her.
“Helena, because of you, everything has turned into a mess! All that I’ve painstakingly built… just like that…”
Callis’s voice was steeped in despair.
The Argen Duchy, once prestigious but starting to decline from his grandparents’ generation, had only the protection and money from the royal family.
But now Chloe had publicly opposed the family, and even the royal family’s support was cut off.
It was becoming no different from his homeland, which had fallen into debt and decay.
“Aah!”
“Cal, I, I’m sorry. I’m foolish, stupid, just, just a dummy…”
Helena’s sobbing was like pouring oil on an overturned fire. Seeing her like that, Callis had no choice but to swallow his anger.
If he also lost the last remaining love, Helena, then he would really be reduced to nothing.
“Sigh… just stay quiet at home. And please don’t mess with Chloe anymore. Just know your place and be quiet. Then a luxurious house, clothes, food, it’ll all be yours. Understand?”
“Understood. I’ll stay put. But where are you going, Cal?”
“The royal family granted me a visit. I’m planning to leave for the Empire for a while.”
“Oh…”
The trip to the Empire he said he would take with Helena seemed to be canceled. She had secretly hoped for it, but to skip it this carelessly.
In this situation, she couldn’t be childish, so Helena earnestly bid her lover farewell.
Callis put on his jacket after ordering the servants to move the luggage. Embroidered on the pocket over his chest was the unique crest of the Argen family.
Hellenia mumbled as she stared intently at the emblem.
“Cal—”
“Speak.”
His tone was harsher than ever. Perhaps it was the chill in his voice that startled Hellenia.
“Do you still love me?”
For a moment, Callis looked back at her.
The emotions captured in his straightforward gaze were inexplicably complex. His eyes were resolute, but the love directed toward his partner was ambiguous.
“Yes.”
His voice was also steady and resolute, yet the message he intended to convey was only faint.
“…Okay. Take care!”
“Yes. Take care, my love.”
No reply came in return.
Hellenia, who had been silently staring at the door as it closed, finally took a step.
She almost collapsed onto the bed and found a book she had been engrossed in reading until Callis arrived.
“Become a Woman with Wisdom,” a gift she had received from Leleriana at a social gathering, alongside some shame.
Though terribly embarrassed by the criticisms, she vowed not to shy away from learning for the sake of the future.
Because she was ashamed, but also because she wanted to be a little like that damned Chloe.
“I’m anxious.”
Closing her eyes, Hellenia saw Callis’s cold gaze before her. She heard his icy voice in response.
“What if Callis leaves me?”
The book said that a single mistake could cost you. And Hellenia, having experienced life in the palace, knew this all too well.
Back then, Callis had been forgiving of her mistakes. Saying that innocence wasn’t a crime, he had comforted her gently.
But this time?
Her anxiety consumed her. Useless thoughts devoured each other and expanded.
“Miss Hellenia…?”
Suddenly, it was evening.
The maid had entered the room because Hellenia hadn’t heard the repeated knocking.
Hellenia then moved the book that had been covering her face.
“Is it mealtime?”
“Yes, the meal is prepared. May I escort you?”
“Yes, please.”
Usually, Hellenia would have scolded the maid for entering without permission, but today she was calm.
Led by the maid to the dining room, Hellenia encountered an unexpected woman.
“Nice to see you, Hellenia.”
Chloe Argen.
A woman with whom she had no reason to dine was waiting for her.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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