A cold light flashed in his red eyes.
“It upsets my stomach.”
‘What?’
She had believed the Count to be dead, and his sudden words were like…
Unwittingly, she swallowed her saliva and began to look around the place where she had been lying.
The room was unfamiliar. It was dark so she couldn’t see well, but one thing was clear: it was exceedingly luxurious.
Then, the man softly spoke her name in a voice unlike before.
“Lea.”
As if telling her not to look away, his fingers, gripping her chin, were hot.
‘Was the Count always like this?’
Lea examined the man meticulously.
His skin seemed not just flushed but almost glowing, and his firm chest muscles visible between the opening of his shirt.
Her eyes, almost against her will, moved down over his solid abs.
[Gulp]Forcing her gaze back up, Lea lifted her head.
Watching her, the man chuckled softly and gently brushed her earlobe.
“I apologize for calling you a traitor all this while.”
His voice, deep as a cave, brushed past her ears.
“Thanks to you, I feel reborn.”
His long fingers stroked her cheek as he spoke in an almost disbelieving tone.
“From now on, everything will change.”
In the dark room, the gazes of the man and woman mixed in the void.
“Um… what does that mean…”
In a flash, he was atop her. Before she knew it, Lea was against the bed, and the Count had positioned himself above her.
“Co…Count?”
“I thought you’d be a bit happy.”
He softly replied, detaching each strand of hair that clung to Lea’s cheek.
“Weren’t you wishing for my recovery?”
Indeed, she had.
No one in the mansion, no, across the entire empire, had wished for the Count’s health more than she had.
“But this is too much health regained!”
Wasn’t he on the verge of dying just a few days ago? Actually, wasn’t he gasping for air? The Aikkia she knew was not such a masculine man.
He was a Count who received a verdict of limited time due to his frailty. Yet now, he was overpowering her like this.
She began to be bothered by the unfamiliar pressure on her stomach. She hoped it wasn’t what she was thinking.
However, before she could find an answer, a voice mingled with Aikkia’s deep breath reached her ears.
“Lea.”
Once again, she pushed his shoulder as she swallowed her saliva.
“Um, Count… Shall we talk calmly for a moment…”
“Strange.”
“…Yes?”
“I feel an overwhelming strength in my body.”
The deep lust that settled in the man’s eyes pressed her down.
“So much that I can’t control it.”
His eyes, boiling as if to consume her, were red. She felt as though she might lose her soul in the undulating evil within that red glow.
[Dash] Thump. [Dash] Thump. [Dash] Thump.Her heart was beating as loudly as a drum, as if to show off its presence. She thought she might die if it continued to beat like this.
“So, Lea.”
His breath, heavy and dark, flowed out as he got closer, as if their lips would touch any moment.
“Take responsibility.”
Then, his hand gradually climbed up her thin wrist and intertwined his fingers with hers.
“It’s because you made me like this.”
As if he would not give her even a tiny gap to escape.
The Count, once frail, had become healthy. Much more so.
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
