My Husband's Cinderella (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 74
“No matter what, I understand well enough that my lover holds that maid dear.”
The following reply sounded oddly sulky. Even the occasional smile was fainter than usual.
“Yes. Because she’s the child who helped me….”
Chloe thought it was merely her own misperception—just a minor change she’d noticed due to her sensitivity. She dismissed it as nothing important, reasoning that people couldn’t always be the same.
Yet even that was Chloe’s misperception.
As soon as Coon began his reply, his furrowed brows twitched upward. Judging by this subtle shift despite his monotonous answer, it seemed resentment had been quietly piling up for some time.
When Chloe stared straight at him, he finally became aware of his own behavior.
Embarrassed, he briefly rubbed his face and muttered softly,
“You seem to hold dear everyone who’s ever helped you.”
Though he usually concealed his emotions better than anyone, this time he failed to hide them and grew flustered. Something else, masked by embarrassment, faintly seeped through.
‘That’s precisely why I’m telling you to be careful. You stand out wherever you go, so it’s wise to be wary of strangers.’
Suddenly, Chloe’s mind replayed their very first meeting.
It wasn’t even a similar situation, yet the memory surfaced unexpectedly. Still, Chloe felt the points that upset them both then and now were oddly alike.
Though she didn’t know why….
“It’s only natural to feel kindly toward those who show kindness.”
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
Wow, she really has no clue what personal accountability is. Nor does she have any self-awareness.
Lol, what a ridiculously mysterious way of stating when the appointment time is. Although, I did get the impression the guy is a sorcerer or magician of some sort. Did he implant those thoughts into Helena’s mind during the trial?
It seems to me that Kalis was not as attached to Helena as I had previously thought. He behaved as if utterly devoted to her initially. Did he even really mourn her death? He tossed her and their unborn child aside quite cruelly. I was surprised he behaved that way towards their child and Helena considering all he sacrificed to keep Helena in his life and at the estate. Perhaps he did not consider what he lost as a sacrifice but as things that were stolen from him by Chloe and now, the emperor. Helena too did not comprehend personal accountability nor being responsible for one’s own actions. Those two shared quite a few undesirable traits. The most surprising one being how entitled they behaved considering their stations.