Cassius was inspecting his Thorpeio duchy, which he hadn’t visited in a while. Reports of nobles causing trouble and harassing women in his territory were increasingly frequent, perhaps due to his prolonged absence.
“The Duke has taken in a commoner concubine, they say. Her figure and face are quite a sight.”
“Yeah, heard she’s desperate to flaunt her figure, choosing dresses that are deeply cut everywhere.”
In a smoky underground gambling den, Cassius heard these words as he entered the problem-riddled village’s gambling house.
Pausing at this unexpected topic of conversation, Cassius leaned against the door, silently focusing on their talk.
“Of course. What else is a concubine for, if not to desperately satisfy her man, even if it means stripping down!”
“You haven’t changed, always crass. Is that how you treated the Baron’s daughter too?”
“Ha, I’ve had her, why can’t I have a mere commoner concubine?”
“How dare you eye the Duke’s woman?”
The men joked about harassing women of lower nobility and commoners, using it as banter to fuel their gambling.
“Even the prettiest flower gets boring. When the Duke casts her off, I, the Count of Neville, shall graciously take her.”
“If she’s saved from a brothel, she’ll gratefully throw herself at you. Indeed.”
“Ha ha ha, then I’ll show off that voluptuous body to you…”
Cassius’s lips twisted sardonically, listening in silence. His plan to stir rumors about Adeline was working.
Eric, blocked by the Duke, couldn’t enter the gambling den. Confused by Cassius’s inaction, he approached.
“Your Grace, is something wrong?”
“Let’s leave. We’ll come back another time.”
Without further inspection, Cassius decisively left, a long inspection already making dawn break. He headed straight for his carriage back to the ducal residence.
The small sense of triumph Cassius felt in the gambling den turned into something unpleasant with each step.
In the carriage, Cassius couldn’t shake the dirty feeling, ruminating over the unpleasantness.
It was strange. He had made Adeline a concubine and deliberately chosen revealing dresses for her, wanting such rumors to spread. But hearing them firsthand brought an inexplicable disgust.
His spite towards Adeline felt like self-contempt, boiling inside him.
The more he tormented her, the more it was supposed to diminish her. But why this dirty feeling?
Cassius couldn’t escape the feeling of devouring himself.
There was no one else to blame. He had degraded her to a concubine, ordered the revealing dress designs.
It was all his doing, motivated by revenge, but now he felt distaste at Adeline being treated so.
Cassius helplessly loosened his cravat, confused about what he truly wanted.
Adeline wasn’t a woman to be degraded as sexual gossip. Cassius’s irritation swelled, unsure where to begin resolving it.
He urged the carriage faster. Today, Violetta was visiting.
After the bedroom incident, Adeline overtly avoided Cassius’s gaze.
Adeline intentionally avoided the vicinity of Cassius’s office as much as possible. She also found various excuses to avoid joining him during meal times.
But now, she stole glances at Cassius, who was seated on the sofa in the center of the toilette room.
He was leafing through a catalog brought by Madame Violetta, his legs crossed.
‘Why has this man come here?’
His gaze seemed irritated as he looked down.
It was unlikely that he, a man, would find interest in a catalog meant for noble ladies.
‘Is he planning to dry my blood in this room?’
She hadn’t eaten, and this situation seemed perfect for getting sick.
Just as she was about to sigh deeply,
“Lady, take a deep breath now!” Adeline gasped instead of sighing under the strong force tightening her corset.
Her chest rose as her abdomen was tightly constricted.
“The dress I’ve brought today will accentuate your figure more beautifully when the waist is tightly laced.”
Already weakened from not eating, Adeline struggled to stand as the corset was fastened. She then donned the dress brought by Madame Violetta.
The design was embarrassingly bold, with a deeply cut neckline, and the dress clung tightly to her curvaceous body.
Such a dress would be unheard of among noblewomen, more suited to a courtesan. Adeline’s face turned pale.
But Madame Violetta, seemingly indifferent to Adeline’s discomfort, cheered, “Oh my, it suits you perfectly, Lady. Only you could pull off such a design!”
Adeline couldn’t lift her head, feeling Cassius’s gaze upon her the moment the dress began to fit her body.
“Your Grace?”
Repeated calls from Madame Violetta conveyed her confusion.
Overwhelmed by the prolonged silence, Adeline raised her head and their eyes locked. Her heart dropped.
Cassius’s gaze on Adeline flickered with a predatory intensity.
Red eyes slowly filled with desire.
That longing directed solely at Adeline began to subside as quickly as it had flared.
‘The dress is the problem.’
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
