Trapped in the Mad Duke's Snare (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 97
Adeline headed straight for House Credion’s townhouse as soon as dawn broke.
All the way there to meet Severus, she had been deeply anxious.
It kept weighing on her mind that Severus might know who had killed Empress Emilia.
Moreover, she couldn’t forget Cassis’s subtly changed expression when she had mentioned wanting to visit the marquis’s estate.
Clearly, he had looked at her with eyes that disapproved of her going to the marquis’s house.
She had spent the entire night wide awake.
And when she finally arrived at the townhouse, all that awaited her was an empty mansion in the capital.
“M-Mistress… His Lordship has already returned to his domain.”
“You mean the Credion domain? When will he be back in the capital?”
“His Lordship has fully relocated to the domain and will not be returning. The staff here have also been ordered to finish packing and head to the domain.”
At the butler’s further explanation, Adeline’s frown deepened.
Who was Severus, after all? A man brimming with ambition and thirst for power more than anyone else.
Though he already possessed the vast Credion domain, he had lived in his capital townhouse for over twenty years.
He hardly ever returned to his domain unless something of great importance occurred.
Thus, Adeline herself had grown up in the capital residence; her visits to the domain could be counted on one hand.
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.”
Sometimes time is truly the only cure. It took Cassis time. I cannot imagine the immense guilt she feels knowing everything.
Wow, I am feeling pity for Adeline’s mother…
finally,after a long journey with lows and highs,,