The Empress' Scandalous Paramour (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 42

She had loved the things the Emperor provided, and loved her own position that allowed her to manipulate him—had she been content with that, there would have been no reason for unhappiness.

For someone from the Quied, hadn’t she achieved remarkable success?

Yet Helene grew increasingly despondent precisely in proportion to the Empress’s rising influence.

It wasn’t a physical illness—though if pressed, one might call it a sickness of suppressed rage.

“Um… Your Holiness, His Imperial Majesty has sent medicine. Would you like to take a look…?”

“Forget it! That worthless medicine!”

The maid had tried to lift her spirits, but Helene snapped back harshly, then collapsed onto her bed, sobbing uncontrollably.

Helene’s distress had a simple cause.

Enrique wasn’t coming.

She had clearly told him she was unwell.

It might be summer, but one could still catch a cold, even in summer.

“I explicitly said I’d developed a fever from eating too many cold things.”

Yet Enrique hadn’t replied to her letter, nor visited her. Instead, he’d sent mere medicine through a servant—

and only a full day after she’d reached out.

“This is all the Empress’s doing.”

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