It was at that moment, when Evelia was lost in thought, that Eustia’s voice once again penetrated her ears.
“Didn’t Liurian gift the Crown Princess the empire’s one-of-a-kind necklace that day?”
Evelia unconsciously swallowed her dry saliva, forgetting her earlier worries. It seemed the moment she’d been waiting for had finally arrived. Instinctively, she tightly grasped the reins of tension she had momentarily loosened.
“I’m ashamed to admit it, but I had requested it from His Highness.”
Evelia calmly spat out a lie with a composed face.
She had to deceive the Empress. If she found out that Liurian’s feelings had changed, there was no telling what sort of interference she’d deploy. Based on what she had observed so far, it was certain that she wouldn’t hesitate to use any means necessary to change her son’s mind.
However, Evelia didn’t want that situation to occur. She didn’t want to distance herself from Liurian just yet.
She had never expected the spark of dream-like happiness to last forever, but she didn’t want it to extinguish so quickly either.
She wanted to spend just a bit more time with him. To do so, she had to deceive the Empress perfectly.
“The Crown Princess requested it?”
Eustia raised an eyebrow, cutting off her words in a somewhat unnatural manner. It was the reaction Evelia had hoped for. She quickly continued.
“Yes. As it was the first occasion where I accompanied His Highness as his partner, I thought it imperative to not embarrass him. I believed that I should put more effort into my appearance for that reason.”
“……”
“I apologize for saying this, but I thought there must have been a particular reason His Highness, who had always attended parties with Lady Rellia, suddenly invited me to accompany him.”
Evelia calmly delivered her prepared words and lowered her gaze. Her mouth turned sour. Though she had mentally prepared herself for this, it wasn’t easy to diminish her own worth.
“So, you’re saying that the Crown Princess personally requested the Montrol Count’s necklace as a gift for Liurian’s reputation?”
Eustia couldn’t conceal the furrow between her eyebrows as she asked again. It was a statement she hadn’t expected at all.
Soon, Evelia nodded her head. Upon that, Eustia felt her mind becoming even more cluttered.
Come to think of it, Liurian had said something similar as well.
[I thought I had to perfectly adorn the crown princess to win the hearts of the Duke Caroline faction.] [Isn’t she already publicly known as the unfortunate crown princess who couldn’t catch the crown prince’s eye even once?] [Though it might be odd for us to appear together, I judged that a certain decisive move was necessary to solidify the foundation for winning their favor.]That was indeed the case. She had thought that she needed to adorn Evelia perfectly to win the Duke Caroline faction’s hearts.
At that time, she was astonished that her son could even think that way, but now it seemed it had been Evelia’s idea.
Eustia forcibly swallowed the sigh that had filled her mouth. That all of this had been Evelia’s idea was troubling in its own right.
She felt as if her naive son was being manipulated by the cunning crown princess.
“It’s very kind of you to have thought so much for Liurian. It can’t have been easy to come up with such an idea.”
“I thought it was a duty I should naturally perform as Your Majesty’s wife. However, considering how much Her Highness Rellia’s feelings seemed hurt that day… I suspect that’s why Your Majesty suddenly sought me out.”
Strength flowed into Eustia’s fingertips. To think she had grasped my intentions so perfectly—she truly was a sinister daughter of Duke Caroline.
“No, I really just wanted to clear the air with the crown princess. As I said, the tea that came as a gift was very delicious.”
Eustia curled her lips as much as she could. It seemed best to find a suitable moment to wrap up the meeting with Evelia.
It occurred to her that nothing good could come from looking into the eyes of the perceptive crown princess for too long.
Especially if all of Evelia’s words were true, she shouldn’t be doing this.
She felt the need to immediately call for Liurian and confirm whether he was being deceived by cunning tricks.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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