“Ugh! Ugh!”
The emperor’s office was filled with April’s sobs. The two men said nothing for a while with her between them.
April, tired of crying, began to wonder when she should stop.
She had a bad feeling that things would not go as smoothly as she thought.
“I would like to talk with the princess alone, Your Majesty.”
At that moment, Christine’s words were even welcome.
“That’s right. Come back after you cool your head.”
When the emperor left the office, only April and Christine remained.
Being alone with him, April became tense. She was bad at lying, and she feared Christine might catch her.
Could she really deceive someone with such sharp, emotionless eyes?
‘Will I be hated more for doing something stupid?’
She regretted it a little.
‘Should I have not listened to Seira’s words?’
But if she could pry Adel away, maybe it wasn’t so bad.
In the reception room, Adel had clearly seen herself gagging, and the rumor that she might be pregnant with Christine’s child had already spread in the palace.
Wouldn’t even a shameless woman retreat under these circumstances?
Then it would be half a success.
“Wipe your tears.”
Lost in thought, April looked up. Unexpectedly, Christine offered her a handkerchief.
“Ththank you. Count.”
She quickly took the handkerchief and wiped her tears. From the handkerchief, exuding a bluish tint, came a mysterious and cool fragrance that reminded her of a deep forest. It was a scent just like him.
“If you want to talk, you should sit in a chair first.”
His face, extending a hand, was gentle, as if the coldness just a moment ago was a lie.
Sitting on the floor and crying, April hesitated before taking his hand and rising. Then she carefully sat in the chair that Christine pulled out.
This time, he poured tea from a teapot on the table and offered it to her.
“Drink some tea, April.”
April.
Her heart throbbed and her face flushed at her name being called by him.
Being alone with him, so considerate, it felt like they were on a date.
Had Seira’s plan worked after all?
“Have you calmed down?”
As she sipped the tea and nodded, Christine smiled faintly.
She was lost in thought, looking at him. She thought of him as cold and beautiful, but his smiling face completely changed the atmosphere.
He could make such an expression.
“Now tell me about that night. What happened between us that night?”
Christine’s voice was so affectionate that it seemed like he would understand even if she told the truth. No, it seemed he might even be fond of her.
‘Should I just spill everything?’
She hesitated for a moment, but April soon steeled herself and closed her mouth tightly.
When she said nothing, Christine asked again, comforting her.
“Did I make a mistake with you that night?”
He asked as if he did not remember the events of that day.
April looked at him cautiously.
“Don’t you remember anything at all?”
“Mostly everything.”
“Do you remember climbing over my bedroom balcony in the rain that night?”
“I remember that in bits and pieces.”
“Do you remember… kissing me?”
“Maybe not.”
Thinking he didn’t remember, April decided to push a bit further.
“You’re being too much.”
“Did I embrace you that night?”
A direct question.
April could not readily answer that.
Would lying about this win him over? What if she’s caught?
But she had already committed to deceiving him, so she had no choice but to push forward.
“That night… You seemed very drunk. But I don’t… regret what happened that night.”
Even as she spoke, April’s heart pounded as if it would burst out of her chest.
‘I’m crazy, why tell such a lie…!’
Just before bringing the teacup to his lips, Christine’s lips twitched ominously.
The brief moment when he quietly savored his tea felt like decades to April.
‘Does he believe me? Or did he notice the lie?’
His indifferent expression made her terribly anxious, unable to figure out what he was thinking.
Eventually, he put down the teacup and Christine looked kindly at her again.
“Were you a virgin?”
“Of course!”
April’s face turned red with embarrassment.
“But I heard that you managed all your appointments the next morning.”
The translation has maintained the name and gender consistency of the characters, as well as adhering to the guidelines given earlier.
Certainly, here’s the translated passage, adhering to your guidelines:
“What went wrong?”
Christine, still smiling, stared at April. His eyes were so lascivious that they even felt obscene.
“If I hadn’t held the princess that day, you wouldn’t have been able to handle the schedule the next day.”
“What does that mean……?”
April blinked, unable to understand.
Christine, who had risen from his seat, tenderly whispered as he brushed her golden hair behind her ears.
“Unlike what I seem, I am a beast.”
“Ha……!”
April’s face felt as if it were on fire. She felt teased by his voice alone.
But Christine had suddenly changed back to the cold expression he had when he first entered the office.
“Tell His Majesty everything as it is.”
“Count Bice!”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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