Regret With All Your Might (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 148
Olivia swallowed her breath.
Not once had she ever thought that way. Edwin had always been like a great fortress to her. He was the one who gave her steadfast trust, so all she ever wanted was to protect him in return.
But before she could even say “no,” a sigh reached her ear, heavy as stone. The words trapped between her trembling lips scattered as a dull murmur.
The breath caught deep in her throat felt icy, as if a chill had coiled tightly around her whole body. It was as though the only warmth left to Olivia was the gentle kindness radiating from Edwin’s shoulder leaning against hers.
And so, in the end, the only words Olivia could manage were…
“…I thought it was my responsibility. After all, the Crown Prince imprisoned those two knights because of me.”
It was the same excuse that always circled in her mouth whenever trouble arose.
Even as her pulse pounded fiercely, Edwin’s flat, even voice rang clearly in her ears.
“If you surrender yourself to the one who threatened you into coming to the Imperial Palace, do you not even consider that you might be in danger?”
“I’ll… be all right,”
“Do you truly believe that?”
The warmth against her shoulder vanished.
Olivia’s green eyes trembled as if frightened. Her limp hand fumbled several times to grasp Edwin, but as usual, he did not take her hand.
Instead, he stepped two paces back and looked down at her impassively. His red eyes, stripped of their usual tenderness, were startlingly cold, and Olivia felt her heart drop with a thud.
“Even on the day your wrist bruised.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
The time/scene jumpss need some distinction I’m confused a tad
Ohh never thought we would see the day Maria would help
Scene jumps and Edwin’s father randomly popping up is doing my head jn