The Terminally-Ill Duke Clings to Me Every Night (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 72
Dmitri sank into a deep abyss after hearing that Leah was not his granddaughter. To him, who had lived alone for so long, Leah had been a ray of light and hope.
He had resolved to give Leah all the things he could never give his daughter, who had so tragically left this world.
But the news that Ariel’s child had died shattered all his hopes. At the same moment, an endless despair and crushing loneliness engulfed him.
It all happened in the blink of an eye—his body collapsing so utterly, so emptily. And then he dreamed.
Of the time he had spent happily with little Ariel.
Of the child running toward him, her luscious red hair flying in the wind.
Of her face, chattering away in that sweet, beloved voice.
At that very moment, as tears welled in Dmitri’s eyes for those cherished memories he could never see again, a familiar music box melody drifted into his ears.
‘This sound…’
It was a music box crafted to play his daughter’s favorite tune—a gift he himself had made for Ariel’s tenth birthday.
Ariel had treasured that music box more than any other gift, for it was filled with his deepest affection. Thus, after his daughter’s death, the music box became to Dmitri almost a living embodiment of her.
He cherished it so dearly that he polished it every day and kept it always by his side. Yet…
‘The key to the music box was definitely…’
It had been designed so that only the necklace passed down by the Duchess could open its lid.
And because Ariel had taken that necklace with her when she left the mansion long ago, he could never open the music box again.
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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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