Wishing My Husband Dead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 22
“Go on, Lily.”
“…I—I really tried to stop them. But Mother kept insisting until the end and told me to stay quiet, so I had no choice but to come here. I never, not even for a moment, intended to harm Craig. Please believe me.”
“Oh? So that means all of this was entirely the Dowager Countess’s doing.”
“No! It wasn’t me—it was him, Jared Abrams! He orchestrated everything! I just wanted to tell Craig, Craig, Craig!”
Helena screamed incoherently. Leonard silenced her with nothing more than a raised finger.
“Then, is there anyone left who objects to my becoming the count? Baron Lancaster—what’s your opinion?”
“…Of course, I believe Lord Craig is the rightful heir to the earldom.”
“Is that so?”
The moment Leonard heard Baron Lancaster’s words, he shot up from his seat and marched straight to the dining room door, flinging it wide open.
Several servants waiting outside flinched and stumbled backward.
“Then it’s time for punishment. Beluce—bring them all here.”
“Yes, my lord.”
At the word “punishment,” Beluce grinned broadly and dragged Arnold and Jared forward by the scruffs of their necks. Though both men were slender, it was astonishing how effortlessly Beluce lifted the grown men with one hand each.
“Oh—looks like I’m short a hand. You.”
Beluce pointed at one of the servants.
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.”
Fun chapter. The relationship between all of them is heartwarming.
Laughed out loud reading this, Lord Leonard is very jealous of the closeness of his own student and friend 😭
They are so cute together I can’t take it anymore <3 love the dynamic