The Maid's Contract Marriage (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 122
Tristan, who had been rushing toward the main mansion to meet Arthur, halted abruptly at a voice that sounded strangely familiar.
“Ah… th-that is… P-please just pretend you didn’t hear that, Lord Francis. It’s only a rumor I’m not even sure about—I must’ve spoken too rashly…”
Though he’d come running in haste, Tristan instinctively concealed himself behind a pillar and leaned in to listen closely to the conversation.
Whatever it was, if someone pleaded for you to pretend you hadn’t heard it, you absolutely had to hear it.
“……?”
Then he felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
Hadn’t he been in a situation like this before…?
A man’s voice came from beyond the pillar.
“Don’t worry. I already know about it. It’s about that person, isn’t it?”
“!”
Memories surged back instantly.
Francis Ford.
He was Rembrandt’s attendant whom Tristan had encountered shortly after entering the mansion, when he’d first begun gathering information about Reina—the very man who’d asked a servant how to meet “Reina” so he could deliver a love letter.
Suddenly, suspicion toward Francis flared within Tristan. His expression hardened as he pressed tightly against the pillar, straining to eavesdrop.
That person? Who were they talking about?
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
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Lowering his hand, Kay opened his eyes and looked directly at him.
It’s clear reina isn’t illegitimate so who put the ring there?
The reason his vision had returned.
Bruh… author you have to let the readers know about these things properly. I assumed/ it’s implied he only said it got better just so he wouldn’t see Taylor
Reina Astalin.
I knew she had some kind of power when she could some how sense his aura
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What is going onn??? It feels like someone is pulling everyone’s strings and my main question of who puy the hit out hasn’t been answered
All my guesses for how this novel was going gl go have been somehow wrong . I could sense they wouldn’t be together for a long time but I didn’t want it to be true
The future looks scary and uncertain here… I said I saw no way for reina and Arthur to be together and I was proven right