There was no particular reason why I had to go to the masquerade in the first place.
“No. I want to go to the masquerade with my wife.”
“The Duke?”
“Yes. You never know when we’ll be able to go again.”
Was it my imagination that Yohan’s gaze looked sad? I asked, pretending to know nothing.
“Why? We can go whenever we want. Won’t you go to the masquerade with me in the future?”
“…No. I’ve been talking nonsense again.”
But still, it seemed that Yohan misunderstood my symptoms.
‘There are a lot of things that look strange even without the blood.’
Thus, the day of the masquerade dawned.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]While Estelle was unconscious, Yohan hardened his face after hearing the diagnosis drawn by Doctor Henry.
“My wife… She has an incurable disease?”
“Yes. Tragically, that’s the case.”
Henry nodded with a heavy face.
“The most likely disease is the Sleeping Princess. And this disease… currently, there’s no way to cure it.”
Yohan clenched his teeth, unable to straighten his distorted face.
“So you’re saying, we can’t even tell how much time my wife has left.”
The reason why the Sleeping Princess is a frightening disease is that it’s difficult to predict the situation with current medical science.
It was impossible to guess when the patient would die in their sleep.
Estelle might not wake up like this. Looking at his wife who still hadn’t awakened, Yohan clenched his fist.
‘I’ve always had a little suspicion.’
Estelle said she was simply weak.
But Estelle’s condition was too severe to be simply weak.
‘Especially this symptom where she falls asleep as if she’s dead.’
Only the Sleeping Princess has it. And it’s a disease without a cure.
I can’t even keep Estelle alive now. Yohan felt as if the existence of Estelle had slipped out of his hands at some point. It was a sense his instincts refused.
“Does the lady know she’s a patient?”
“Probably… seeing her reactions, it seemed she was guessing. But she didn’t seem to want to let others know.”
There’s only one reason this foolish woman would do this.
‘She doesn’t want to be a burden to those around her.’
The face of Estelle, who brightened with a smile upon hearing the suggestion to go to the masquerade, floated in his mind.
‘Did she possibly think it might be the last?’
In a situation where she didn’t know when she would die, she might have wanted to fulfill her dream.
“Wake up soon.”
Estelle was still. Only her small breath was proof that she was alive and well.
“So we can go to the masquerade together.”
This woman didn’t even give Yohan time to confirm his feelings. The cautious heart of Yohan was immersed in greater chaos.
And then Estelle woke up.
The wife who had thrown him into a mess for three days.
“What happened to me?”
Estelle just smiled awkwardly.
‘Did she already know about the incurable disease?’
Normally, she would be shocked to hear that she had slept continuously for three days.
“I just slept a bit longer. Thanks to that, I feel really good right now. Really. I feel like I could run out right now.”
Looking at Estelle, who was smiling nonchalantly, Yohan decided.
‘If that’s what you want.’
For now, I decided to pretend that I didn’t know.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]At the masquerade.
Wearing a rabbit mask, I carefully held Yohan’s hand and entered. Knowing that his hand could hurt me one day, I felt secure.
‘At least he will protect me for now.’
Looking at Johan, who unlike me was wearing a plain black halfmask, I asked.
“But why do I have a rabbit mask?”
“Because you resemble a rabbit.”
“…Do I?”
Occasionally, Johan would say things I couldn’t understand.
The party at the royal palace was incredibly glamorous. Even the fountains spouting water were decorated with jewels.
The setting was brighter than daylight, despite the pitchdark night as the backdrop.
Thankfully, people seemed to only peek at me without knowing my true identity.
‘I guess it’s because of the wig.’
Still, being among the crowd made me feel anxious.
‘It’s been a while since I got dressed up like this.’
Ever since I got married to Duke Blanchet, there was no need to dress up forcefully.
When I was at Duke Libertan’s estate, I had to dress in the style Estelle liked and pretend to be Estelle.
If I faltered even slightly, I was punished for not being able to hide my humble birth.
But now the situation was completely different. It seemed like it had been a long time since I had dressed up exactly as I wanted without any restrictions.
Johan took me to the back of the masquerade. It was a place where people couldn’t see.
“That’s troublesome.”
Johan furrowed his brows and sighed.
“People are just looking at you, what if I get jealous?”
“Look at this.”
My heart was heavy when he sighed with a serious face. I waved my bracelet at Johan’s words and sighed in relief. A ruby bracelet elegantly inlaid with pink diamonds and rubies.
The chain itself was made of platinum, and it was adorned with shiny rubies and pink diamonds. It was like a piece of art.
‘Especially this ruby.’
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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