“If you are willing to risk everything, I too will give my best.”
He wanted to give her a chance. A chance to trust her once.
The possibility that Annette Porshe could truly be of help to him. Darius smiled at his own heart, betting on chance.
“But if your words are false, be prepared to bear the consequences.”
“Of course. I won’t resent you even if you take my life.”
“You talk about death so easily. Is it because you’ve never died?”
Typical of a Southern woman to bluff so. Unaware of how painful death can be.
“……Of course, no one alive has ever died.”
The woman seemed to smile for a moment. Even though it was unlikely.
“I promise you the most painful thing I can think of. As long as our marriage lasts, I will be faithful and sincere to the Duke.”
Annette’s bright blue eyes and Darius’s black eyes clashed fiercely, like sparks.
“As long as you do so, I will do the same.”
If she turned her back on the Porshe family and dedicated herself to the North, Darius would protect and cherish her.
Not just as a wife in name, but as a valued partner.
However, if this was just deceitful sweet talk, he was prepared to inflict ample pain on Annette Porshe.
The North is not kind but cohesive, and never forgives traitors.
There was no kiss of vow. No hugs, not even a simple handshake. But both knew that at this moment, they had entrusted each other with trust and promises.
After several formal meetings between the families, my marriage to the Duke was finalized, and we officially became spouses. However, there was no grand wedding. Just a procedure of signing a marriage contract filled with detailed conditions.
“We can have the wedding in the North.”
The Duchess expressed her disinterest in even hosting her despised daughter’s wedding ceremony.
“This will elevate our family to the golden plaque.”
The Duke, stroking his goatee, spoke contentedly.
A family named on the golden plaque. This referred to noble families with the most prestigious blood among many aristocrats.
No matter how much money one had, how expansive their territory as an emerging noble, or even if they were an established great noble, they couldn’t casually put their name on the golden plaque.
Only families with blood relations to the royal family or ducal families were recognized as noble lineages connected by prestigious blood and called ‘families named on the golden plaque.’
And only those families named on the golden plaque could arrange marriages with the royal family.
The current crown prince was single.
〈There will soon be a selection for the crown princess, and it’s time to elevate our family’s status.〉
The Duke and Duchess believed that if their family was eligible, their beloved daughter Kaitlyn would surely become the crown princess.
That was why they had arranged the marriage between Darius and Annette, with the condition of an immense amount of cotton candy and food that would suffice the North for at least three years.
‘If she becomes the crown princess, it would be the end of the world.’
I clearly saw through the Porshe Duke and Duchess’s intentions but didn’t show it openly. Kaitlyn as the crown princess? Dreams are free, so let them dream big.
There was no wedding, but the dowry was lavish. On the day I left for the North, carts full of wheat and cotton candy followed me. This was just a part for show; more food and cotton candy would be sent to the North after the marriage.
“Annette, I sincerely congratulate you on your marriage.”
Kaitlyn, who came to see me off, hugged me like a loving sister. After the warm embrace, a sharp malice whispered in my ear like a dagger.
“A land dark and full of monsters. It suits you perfectly, so go to that backwater place and never think of coming back.”
“Is the hair I pulled out growing back well? It looks patchy from here, I’m worried.”
If I had plucked it all out, she might have used a wig to cover the bald spots. At my whispered words, Kaitlyn’s face turned pale as if she was already worried about it.
Well, she shouldn’t start a fight she can’t win.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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