Picked Up a Beast, Turns Out He's an Emperor (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 141

The Empress seated before her appeared noble at first glance.

A life spent receiving nothing but love.

Never having been hated, she couldn’t possibly understand hatred.

Nor hatred alone—impure emotions like disappointment, jealousy, or fear never had a chance to gnaw at her soul.

A life seeing, hearing, and enjoying only the world’s beauty.

It had been so in the past, was so in the present, and would remain so in the future.

Into Tristini’s bloodshot vision stepped the Emperor, standing protectively behind Arabella.

His fierce gaze warned that if he so much as reached toward his wife by mistake, his wrist would be severed in an instant.

No—rather, he seemed almost to hope for such a mistake. Only then could he sever her lifeline.

She felt neither resentment nor bitterness toward the Emperor.

After all, she had desired him precisely because she’d hoped he’d become an even stronger shield than Bergen.

Standing beside a man incomparably stronger and more magnificent than Bergen—she believed this was her revenge against him.

And layered beneath that: jealousy toward her cousin that gnawed at her heart, and a longing for the position that belonged to her.

Had Arabella and I simply switched fates, it would have been me standing beside the Emperor.

She was certain she’d have been the one to receive his unconditional love.

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