Tame or Be Captured (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 073
According to rumors, Banetsa had abandoned him and eloped with another man, yet they now appeared as affectionate as a pair of lovebirds.
Given that Karaf had firmly denied those rumors before the Blooming Ceremony, and seeing them now like this, the nobles gradually began to shift their opinion, realizing they must have been mistaken.
Karaf gently patted Asha’s back and whispered softly,
“…It should be all right now. No one will dare insult the Empress anymore. From now on, I’ll bear all the blame myself.”
Asha felt a pang in her heart.
Karaf was so convinced that she did not love him that he’d asked her to act.
Asha pulled back from the embrace and gently cupped Karaf’s face with both hands, meeting his eyes directly.
Though startled by her bold physical affection, he soon relaxed his expression and offered her a faint smile.
Whether that smile came from genuine feeling, was merely a calculated gesture for onlookers, resignation, or true affection—Asha couldn’t easily discern.
Yet one thing was certain: despite standing so close, he no longer felt threatening or frightening to her.
Amidst the romantic scenery, Karaf cradled the back of her head and leaned in with his lips.
He didn’t actually kiss Asha, but by subtly turning his head sideways, it appeared to everyone else as if the two were sharing a kiss.
As another round of cheers erupted, Asha and Karaf stood close, gazing into each other’s eyes.
His breath was right before her nose.
The posture was so embarrassing that she couldn’t bring herself to look at him, so Asha squeezed her eyes shut.
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
Not practically, it is a form of torture. Jackel didn’t jump into the water on his own while tied to the boulder.
It seems backward that the Empress is invited to a Duchess’ tea party.
What terrible phrasing. ‘He couldn’t possibly take her…’ She is the empress of the empire, Jackel needs to get with the program. She has shown herself to be stronger and more resilient than anyone else in this novel.