The Secret Affairs of the Fake Duke Couple (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 98
Setting a hangover remedy on the table, Jane waited for Cain to come out of the bathroom.
Even though Jane insisted she was fine, he stubbornly went into the bathroom, saying he absolutely needed to wash up—going so far as to open the window because the room reeked of alcohol.
His hangover couldn’t be that bad, could it?
She thought he’d feel hurt if he knew she was gritting her teeth and forcing herself to move just to avoid showing him how miserable she felt from the hangover.
Guarding an empty room turned out to be more exhausting than expected. Time dragged unbearably slowly.
Jane turned her gaze out the window. She listened to birdsong and watched the shimmering light form dancing patterns on the floor.
Just as both were growing weary of waiting, the bathroom door opened. Cain emerged wearing only pants, drying his dripping-wet hair with a towel.
His upper body was as solid as rock—so robust that even if struck with full force, it wouldn’t budge, instead sending the attacker flying back.
Instinctively, she recalled the weight that had pressed down on her.
Jane hastily turned her head away.
Unaware of Jane’s gaze, hidden as it was behind the towel, Cain sat down heavily in front of her, oblivious to what his bare chest might be stirring in her.
Just a moment ago, he’d rushed off to the bathroom claiming propriety, yet here he was half-naked again.
Truly, a man of contradictions.
Selling all of Osgur’s paintings, then donating the proceeds, and possessing the Viestart book—
His duplicity was what left her so confused.
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
So these two are colluding to cause trouble for Jane.
Looks like Cain deeply cared for Arthur, how heartwarming.
Awwww, what a sweet chapter. I hope happier days are coming.