Suddenly, a soft voice came from above her head.
“…What?”
When she raised her head, she met Christine’s downcast eyes.
“Ten years ago … was there a special reason why you left? You, who can’t throw away even an old thing.”
Adel bit her lip, looking down.
“I told you, I wanted to become a noble.”
“So you became the noble you wanted?”
Christine’s voice seemed to be probing.
He might already know, considering his knowledge. How miserably she had lived in the Count’s house.
“I was fooled in one word. I thought I’d become the Countess and live swaying around.”
Adel coolly answered as if it were nothing.
But her feelings were a complete mess.
“Why didn’t you run away from there? You could have.”
“Run away and go where?”
“Our house.”
At those words, Adel’s eyes suddenly heated, and she bit her lip tightly.
It sounded as if he had been waiting for her, who had left.
It was so warm and grateful that he had said “our house” without hesitation.
Christine turned her to face him.
“Adel …”
“I’m sorry. I’ll make the pancakes later.”
She could no longer hide her emotions, so Adel tried to push him away and escape. But Christine didn’t let go.
“Tell me. What are you hiding? Did you really kill the Count?”
His voice was so tender and soft that Adel felt she could break at any moment.
“Don’t you hate me? I left you when you needed me most.”
“I did hate you. I even despised you for a while. But we were both young then.”
So tell me everything, Adel.
Maybe I can understand you.
“I sold the daughter left behind as a bastard. I only felt sorry for the young Countess who married without knowing anything.”
Adel looked straight at Christine, her eyes red and swollen.
“That’s right, I didn’t kill the Count.”
“Was it Stone’s doing?”
She slowly nodded her head.
“But I knew what he would do and pretended not to know. So I can’t say I’m not guilty.”
“You don’t have to take the blame on purpose, do you? I’ll help you.”
Adel shook her head.
“I wasn’t punished, it’s just a rumor. If you really want to help me, tie my hair quickly.”
Adel shook her flowing black hair.
But Christine looked sharply at her, motionless as a painting.
“What are you doing, hurry up. If I want to ferment the dough and go to bed, there’s no time.”
Christine asked her with a subdued voice as she hurried.
“Don’t tell me … did you love Stone?”
“…!”
Adel’s face visibly stiffened.
At that moment, something twisted inside Christine.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Ha, was it that after all? The reason you stayed there despite the treatment, the reason you kept silent even being framed as a murderer, the reason the rumor that you seduced him wasn’t just a rumor?”
He couldn’t control the bitter words spilling out. Wishing it wasn’t true, yet…
In the end, Adel covered her face with both hands. Then her shoulders began to heave as if she was sobbing.
Damn …!
“Adel …”
At that moment,
“Pfft!”
Suddenly, there was a sound as if the wind was escaping between her lips. She then burst into loud laughter, as if she was going to leave the kitchen.
“I’m sorry. I really can’t help but laugh. Me, with that person? No way! Just thinking about it gives me the chills!”
Adel shrugged as if she was creeped out.
“…Or not.”
Christine was surprised, but strangely relieved.
“Chris, your imagination is amazing. How could you even think of something so absurd! Anyway, that dreadful person was my son too.”
“It was just one of the hypotheses.”
“Do you know how miserably he treated me? I prayed countless times for lightning to strike him. I wish he never came back from the Orbis Kingdom.”
“Shall I kill him for you?”
“If you do, I’ll give you all my wealth!”
It was clear that Adel hated him to the core.
Christine was slightly surprised as the twisted feeling disappeared.
“Okay. Now turn around so I can tie your hair.”
As he gathered Adel’s hair in one hand, he tied it with an old ribbon with the other.
Then, a moment later, he cautiously confessed.
“Adel, your hair… It feels like it’s alive.”
He was confident in doing things quickly and skillfully, but tying a woman’s hair seemed like the hardest thing in the world.
“That’s impossible. It only comes to life on a full moon.”
“Then why is it sticking to my hand?”
“It’s static electricity. Just tie it so it doesn’t come loose… Ouch!”
“Oh, that was intentional, not a mistake.”
“Chris!”
“Hold still. I’m almost done…”
As Christine struggled to tie the ribbon around Adel’s hair, he paused.
He saw her neatly lined white nape and slender neck. It seemed as if it would taste sweet and languid like milk with sugar, so he involuntarily salivated.
“Is it done?”
Feeling his gaze, Adel turned her head, stroking her neck.
“…Pfft!”
Upon seeing her, Christine burst into laughter.
Adel, looking at herself reflected in the window, was also dumbfounded. The hair that had come out halfway was spread everywhere due to static electricity.
“Anyone would think we fought over hair.”
Christine continued to laugh, and she too started to smile.
As if her feelings had transferred to him.
“Since you couldn’t tie my hair properly, grant me one more favor.”
Christine’s expression quickly changed.
“Didn’t you say that was the last one?”
However, Adel approached him flirtatiously.
“Spend the night with me tonight.”
Christine’s Adam’s apple quivered.
“With you tonight? What, what are we…?”
His voice came out strange, too surprised.
“Turns out my hand hasn’t healed from the wound yet.”
Adel showed the hand that was injured from wielding the dagger. The wound was small, so she had applied gauze and tied it with cloth.
“You’ll knead the dough. If you knead it with your strong arms, it’ll be more chewy.”
“Ah, I just remembered, I have an appointment with Zimmer…”
As Christine tried to escape, Adel blocked his path and flashed a gentle smile. In fact, Christine’s smile was not the only killer smile.
“You’ll do it, Chris. You’ll do it, right? Huh?”
And the second attack of pleading.
“I can’t hear you.”
He turned away, but it was useless.
“Aing, Chris… Uhm, please… Please, okay? Huh?”
With a threestage combo, including coquetry, everything was over.
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
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Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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