The Tyrant's Terminally-Ill Childhood Friend (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 30
The moment the kiss ended, the instant she met Peter’s gaze looking down at her, Lowell was certain.
‘That’s enough.’
And the moment that question finally slipped from his lips, she had to exert every ounce of effort not to let her surging joy show outwardly. If she didn’t, her pounding heart—overflowing with happiness—would surely give her away.
She was the victor in this affair. Peter could no longer ignore Lowell’s existence. Which meant, quite simply, that he needed her.
‘Asking about my purpose is practically the same as saying you intend to use me.’
It was like asking the price of an item from a merchant. One must know what must be paid to obtain the item, after all. Thus, Lowell had tirelessly worked to sell Peter a single item—and that item would be none other than herself.
Now that she’d proven her usefulness, whether he liked it or not, he’d have no choice but to keep her alive. Beneath the moonlit night, the man’s face was slightly twisted. Lowell knew exactly what that expression meant.
It was the look of someone thrust into a moment they couldn’t possibly avoid, despite not understanding why. The expression of one who had yielded to inevitability.
“You said you’d help me. I know well enough that it isn’t truly for my sake.”
It was the very same expression Lowell had worn countless times in the past when vowing revenge.
“Why would you think that, Your Majesty?”
“You have no reason to, and you’ve shown no sign of it either. It would be absurd to think otherwise.”
Hearing that reply, delivered so matter-of-factly, Lowell couldn’t help but let out a quiet, involuntary laugh.
Yes, of course. Up until this very moment, Lowell had concocted numerous excuses she could offer Peter.
Among them, naturally, love hadn’t been absent. Love, after all, is merely the romanticization of chaos—a name given to a collection of disordered, baseless emotions. At this moment, no better excuse existed for her than love.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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