The End Of The Special Contract Marriage (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 123
Damian silently followed Aracila as she moved forward. True to her word, the street was overflowing with food, sights, and entertainment.
While he looked around, Aracila bought a skewer of grilled meat from a nearby stall and held it out to him.
“Do you eat street food by any chance? I often had it with my older sister during the Founding Festival, so I don’t mind it at all—but if you’d rather not, feel free to refuse.”
Many nobles looked down their noses at commoners’ food, considering it beneath them.
If Damian rejected the skewer, Aracila planned to eat both herself.
“I’m used to it too. When on knightly missions, it’s not always possible to eat only refined meals.”
Damian took the skewer and spoke calmly.
In truth, he was likely the one more accustomed to commoners’ fare—when times were tough, he’d eaten things even worse.
The skewer, grilled to a golden brown with onions and fruit threaded between the pieces of meat, was delicious, its savory juices seeping through.
As she ate, Aracila restlessly scanned around for what to do next, her eyes darting ceaselessly. Damian, walking in step beside her, glanced at her sideways.
A faint trace of brown sauce clung to the corner of her plump lips—unwiped, it would surely stain.
“Milady, excuse me for a moment.”
“…Yes?”
Unable to hold back any longer, Damian stopped Aracila. His large hand shot out suddenly, leaving her bewildered.
His firm fingers gently cupped her chin, and his thumb brushed lightly across the corner of her mouth. Her soft lips brushed briefly against his warm fingertips.
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
Thank you for translating/sharing this. Such an adorable story!