His arms were already stretched out, and he had exerted all his strength.
He tried to grab her body that was about to fall out of the bed.
Thump.
“Lamein!”
The situation was already over.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Hmmm……”
Lamein, who was lying on the bed, groaned painfully and writhed.
“Ma’am. Can you hear my voice?”
Upon hearing a strange man’s voice, she struggled to lift her heavy eyelids.
‘Who is this?’
An elderlylooking man was staring intently at her face.
“Can you hear my voice?”
“Yes……”
She forced out her hoarse voice and rolled her eyes to look around.
‘Ah. This is Cedric’s room.’
She remembered coming to Cedric’s room last night to spend the night together.
The moment she realized that she was lying in Cedric’s bed, the man sitting in front of her stood up from his place.
“Please wait a moment. The Count will return soon.”
The man who spoke in a courteous voice left the room.
Lamein turned her head and looked out the window.
At this early hour, the sun had just begun to rise.
As Lamein slowly lifted her upper body, her eyes widened.
“Ouch. My head hurts. Did I drink too much wine?”
She complained as she held the back of her head.
“But usually, when you drink, the inside of your head should hurt, right? Why does it hurt on the outside?”
Is it because it was a topgrade wine?
In any case, she blamed everything on the alcohol when the door opened.
Just as the man who left the room earlier said, Cedric entered.
He had a large water bottle and cup in his hand.
“You should have a drink of water first.”
He handed her a cup filled with water.
“Thank you.”
Being terribly thirsty, she emptied the cup he handed her in one gulp.
“If you want to drink more, I’ll leave this here. Feel free to have more.”
Cedric put the water bottle and cup on the small drawer next to the bed.
“Yes. Thank you.”
She responded shortly, then placed her hand on the back of her head where the pain resided.
At that moment, Cedric’s gaze briefly touched her hand on her head, then dropped.
“Cedric. Who was that man earlier?”
“He is the physician in charge of me.”
“Ah. I see. But why did he come here?”
His slightly lowered eyelids twitched as he looked at her sitting on the bed.
“Do you not remember anything?”
“……Pardon?”
“What happened last night. How much do you remember?”
Lamein tightly shut her lips and rolled her eyes here and there. Then,
“Ouch. My head hurts.”
Suddenly, she held the back of her head and moaned in pain.
At that moment, she felt the large figure standing in front of her flinch.
Glancing at him, it seemed that his eyes, which appeared slightly enlarged, found their usual shape.
She dismissed it lightly and slowly moved her tightly shut lips.
“I can’t remember anything except drinking wine with you last night.”
“……Is that your answer?”
“Yes. Seeing how much my head hurts, I must have drunk a lot yesterday, right?”
Lamein asks with truly unknowing eyes.
After a moment of contemplation, Cedric nodded.
At his action, Lamein narrowed her eyes slightly.
When he usually nods, it doesn’t feel shaky.
‘He also flinched earlier. Did something happen?’
With her sudden intuition activated, she quickly opened her mouth.
“Did something happen last night?”
“……What?”
“Why are you so surprised, Cedric?”
“When did I get surprised?”
Hmm. Suddenly, her husband cleared his throat and lifted his chin.
“No, I just woke up to find a doctor here. Did something happen last night?”
“That is……”
She gazed at her husband with intense eyes as he trailed off.
“You drank too much wine and passed out.”
“…Pardon?”
“No. Let me correct that. You got drunk, fell over and collapsed on the floor.”
“Really?”
He nodded again in response to her incredulous question.
But something about his reply seemed off, and his expression was somewhat strange.
While she thought about the potential mishaps that could happen due to being drunk, something still didn’t sit right.
“Let me correct that again. You got drunk, staggered around, fell, and passed out after hitting your head on the floor.”
As her husband kept adding more details, she slowly opened her mouth.
“How did I fall?”
“…What?”
“I’m asking how did I fall.”
“You fell with a thud.”
No, that’s not what I meant.
She let out a short sigh, then looked at Cedric with calm eyes.
“So what I’m asking, Cedric, is what was I doing and in which direction did I fall and hit the back of my head on the floor with a thud?”
“You were up and staggering around, you tripped over the hem of your pajamas and fell backwards, hitting the back of your head on the floor.”
This time, her husband responded fluidly, like water flowing.
It was as if he finally had the whole story sorted out.
“Really?”
“How many times are you going to ask, Lamein?”
There seemed to be something more, or was there not?
Feeling that her intuition may have been wrong, she didn’t ask anymore. Instead,
“You must have been quite shocked. I’m sorry.”
She decided to apologize to her husband who had to witness his intoxicated wife fainting in the middle of the night.
“It’s fine.”
Unexpectedly, he responded lightly and then continued speaking.
“I will not let anyone in this mansion know that you passed out.”
“….”
“I don’t think there’s anything good in finding out. What do you think?”
Cedric asked with a determined look in his eyes.
What kind of inlaws would be happy to hear that their son’s wife got drunk, hit her head, and fainted?
“That would be best.”
While thinking about whether she should thank him for not making her sound like a crazy woman, at that moment,
“We will need to make a promise.”
Cedric, lowering his voice, sparkled his eyes.
“A promise? What is it?”
“In the future, alcohol is……”
Alcohol is? Oh… I see.
Upon hearing just two syllables, she immediately predicted that he was going to declare a prohibition on alcohol.
‘Well, I can survive without alcohol.’
She was slightly disappointed, but if she were in Cedric’s position and caused such a commotion, she would say the same thing.
Just as she was accepting this with understanding eyes, looking at her husband,
“Drink only when I’m present.”
She heard something that she did not expect.
After all, he was saying she could still drink.
While she was wondering what was different from yesterday,
“No. Let me correct that again.”
Her husband was about to change his words.
‘So that’s it. It’s a prohibition after all, right? But why is he like this today?’
She stared at her husband, who peculiarly today couldn’t get his words right in one go.
The man, who looked determined to stick to this no matter what, slowly opened his mouth.
“In the future, let’s only drink together.”
Lamein blinked her eyes quickly and slightly tilted her head.
Even after the commotion, she thought she wouldn’t be able to see alcohol again.
“Only with me. Do you understand?”
Suddenly, she had a drinking buddy.
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
