The Empress' Scandalous Paramour (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 41
“Haaam… Is it… all over?”
“Yeah.”
“You weren’t hurt, were you?”
The Empress stirred awake, rubbing her eyes as she sensed someone nearby.
Though he wished to gaze longer at her sleeping face, Meriem concealed his feelings and replied plainly.
“…Yeah. It was nothing.”
The scent of blood hung thick throughout the room.
To let in fresh air, Meriem pushed the terrace windows wider open and pulled the cord to summon servants.
The body wrapped in the carpet had to be sent to the incinerator before morning, ensuring no filth remained.
His noble lady deserved to see only beauty, so Meriem always hurried to clean up afterward.
“Yet tonight’s guard wasn’t you, was it?”
“I changed it.”
“Aren’t you tired? You’ve only just returned from campaign, and you trained again today. You should rest at night.”
Her gentle voice sounded pleasant to the ear.
But Meriem heard only the archaic cadence of her words, paying no heed to their substance.
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Karamel57 Chapter 42nahhh Helene really said “if I’m going down, I’m taking my sanity with me” 💀 and now she’s making demon contracts?? girl it’s OVER 😭
Karamel57 Chapter 43nah the empress really said “i’ll fall in love… then kill him” like GIRL??? 😭 meriem better RUN this is not a romance this is a death flag 🚩💀
Karamel57 Chapter 44Meriem really said “I’ll find her myself” like it’s a personal mission 😭 dude is DOWN BAD fr, while Leo out here playing 4D chess as a literal NPC maid 💀
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Karamel57
Meriem is down BAD 😭 bro said “I’ll guard outside while she with another man” nah that’s tragic fr 💀