Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 123
“Signor Ottavio!”
“Isabella!”
Isabella and Ottavio, meeting in the dining room of the Bartolini count’s house, looked ready to embrace each other. Anyone watching might have thought they were lovers who had not seen each other for three months.
“No, it really has been a long time! Who would have thought we would meet here like this!”
“Ottavio’s sister invited me. I had been out of touch with Sister Clemente for a while, but somehow we reconnected… She is a true friend who looks after me in difficult times.”
Isabella glanced at Clemente and gave her a smiling look. Lately, after witnessing a mass betrayal by her “friends,” she had gained a certain realization. The truth was that unless she shared even the crumbs, no female friend would stay by her side.
In the past, young ladies had flocked like clouds to gain the title of friend to San Carlo’s greatest beauty, the lovely Isabella de Mare. Now… it was petty and dirty, but the time had come when she had to praise, acknowledge, and exalt others with her own mouth.
Clemente, unexpectedly receiving praise, felt a little better and spoke to Ottavio.
“Ottavio, come sit down quickly. Why did you come alone? Where is the friend you said was coming with you?”
“Ah, that friend. He never arrives on time. If we start eating first, he will come along slowly.”
At those words, Isabella’s violet eyes sparkled. Could it be…?
But Isabella decided not to show her impatience. In her proud days, it had been fine to reveal her feelings. Now… she was walking a tightrope on thin ice. Dignity and grace came only from one’s bearing.
As she silently dipped her fingertips into the finger bowl with a smile on her lips, a knock sounded in the dining room.
—Knock knock.
“The guest has arrived.”
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
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
So Alphonso is misunderstanding now?