When Pride Falls at Your Feet (19 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 73
Enrico, who had been silently staring at Emilia, stood up from his seat.
“…You really do love contracts, don’t you? Even in a situation like this, you insist on honoring them so thoroughly?”
He took a cigarette from the golden case resting on the mahogany desk. As he spoke, a cigarette dangling from his lips, irritation seeped into his voice. Soon, the sound of crimson ash slowly burning away emitted a faint hiss.
Emilia kept her gaze fixed on the empty space ahead, not turning to look at him. Her clenched fists tightened, crumpling the hem of her skirt.
“It concerns my family. And given it’s gambling debt, the amount is surely far from small. Should I go get the promissory note directly from Counselor Fabio?”
“It’s precisely because it’s not small that you’re overreaching. Have some sense about when to uphold your pride.”
Enrico perched himself on the edge of the desk and took a deep breath. White smoke drifted out from between his lips.
“I know my place—that’s exactly why I can’t accept such a large sum.”
“…What?”
“Didn’t Your Grace once say that you despise people who don’t know their place more than anything?”
Enrico frowned. He couldn’t even recall whether he’d actually said that to her. Although they’d exchanged many words, he knew well enough that he’d often spoken harshly to her.
But bringing that up now—what could she possibly hope to achieve? Right now, she was in dire straits, and he was merely offering help, yet she kept bristling at him, provoking the temper he’d been trying to suppress.
“…Doesn’t it occur to you that rejecting my goodwill right now is precisely what someone who doesn’t know their place would do?”
Why did his self-control falter only in front of this woman? Normally, he dealt with others indifferently—when someone said something utterly unreasonable, he’d simply ignore it. But with Emilia, he just couldn’t manage that.
That was precisely why, even at her own home, he’d lost his temper completely and treated her roughly.
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The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
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