This Beast Never Sleeps at Night (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 22
Drip… drip…
Mark refilled Adele’s emptied wine glass with deep red wine.
“Thanks to you, this was truly a delightful and delicious dinner.”
“I enjoyed it as well.”
Perhaps it was the wine loosening his heart just a little? Mark cautiously voiced the thought he’d been holding inside.
“To be honest… for a moment earlier, it felt as if my late wife had briefly returned to life. I thought, if she were here, our evenings would always be this warm.”
“I heard your wife passed away giving birth to Jade.”
“Yes. Jade has only ever seen his mother in her portrait. The portrait shows her wearing the very dress you had on. So he must have brought it with him.”
“He must have missed his mother terribly.”
Jade, who had been cheerfully smiling beside Adele, suddenly seemed pitiful to her. She realized what must have been going through the mind of a child barely six or seven years old when he brought that dress.
“You were the first person he’s ever given that dress to. He won’t even let anyone else touch it—not even me.”
Mark shook his head with a chuckle. But when his eyes met Adele’s, he scratched his nose in embarrassment.
“I keep getting sentimental—must be because of the rain.”
Adele nodded in agreement with Mark’s excuse.
“That’s true. Rain makes people sentimental—especially winter rain.”
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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Yes, it’s pathetic to love someone who only uses you 😔
This is where the princess’s hatred for Adele officially begins.
Nah, it’s a malicious plan, and it seems to be working 😑
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The bigger problem was that he had no memory of what happened during his transfo
Please don’t be you, anyone but you 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Adele is asleep among the clouds, completely unaware of anything.