The Secret Affairs of the Fake Duke Couple (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 73
Cain set his teacup on the table and tilted his head.
“Me?”
Cain let out a short laugh. He crossed his legs and leaned back against the chair.
His eyes darkened.
In the sudden silence, Cain thought of Jane.
To say his feelings for her were the same as when they’d first reunited would be a lie.
Jane, who had lived alone in a crumbling shack; Jane, who couldn’t bring herself to discard the gift he’d given her; Jane, who devoted herself to Joseph and Hastings—he couldn’t simply hate her, not after she’d come to the security office on his behalf and made a confession that could have destroyed her.
Yet, he wasn’t certain where or how his heart was drifting. That’s precisely why he couldn’t speak of it carelessly.
“How do you think my feelings might have changed?”
Instead of answering, Cain fired back a question.
“Your Grace…”
“Nothing’s changed. That woman is my parents’ enemy. She’s the child of the one who nearly dragged Hastings into ruin.”
Cain’s reply subtly avoided Vincent’s question.
“Then why not put the Duchess forward outright?”
“Because it’s just damn infuriating—the way things unfold exactly as they want. And as for Jane…”
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)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
Honestly what kind of parents do all these kids have??
Augustus seems to have some sort of inferiority complex concerning the nobility.
Watching this behavior, I suspect Augustus will be the Rose factions downfall.