The Dark Lord Obsesses Over His Fake Wife (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
The imperial palace’s masquerade ball was exceptionally splendid, as it was held at night.
At the center of the masquerade stood the Crown Prince. Countless masked attendees swarmed around him, eager to forge a connection.
“Your Highness, would you care to spend tonight with me?”
“I’ve long awaited a night with Your Highness.”
Women adorned in elaborate masks flirted coquettishly. Yet the more he observed them, the more irritated the Crown Prince became.
‘Why won’t thoughts of that woman just disappear?’
Crown Prince Carlos ignored the crowd gathering around him and gulped down wine. Though it was his usual drink, it strangely failed to please his palate.
‘What is it about her…?’
A nearby nobleman tried to stop him.
“Your Highness, you seem to be drinking even more than usual. Perhaps it’s time to… No, never mind.”
When Carlos’s expression turned menacing, no one around dared intervene further.
His head spun dizzily from the alcohol.
Estelle Libertan.
He had first seen that lowborn woman at his birthday banquet.
Back then, she was merely a commoner brought into the Duke of Libertan’s household in place of a proper noble daughter, so he’d paid her only passing interest.
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)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
Leandro sees himself as a chivalrous knight who will save even the wicked and bring them back to their senses. Arrogant.
What is valuable? An arrogant fiancé abandoned her.
Love works wonders. Johan is still unaware of his true feelings.