The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

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Tsuneo looked surprised.

"What is it?"

"I was under the impression that your family of humans-"

I snickered. He wrinkled his nose.

"Is that odd phrasing?"

"A little," I smiled at him. "But a little endearing..."

His smile turned warm, and his eyes brightened. I looked away.

"You were saying?"

"Your family... is from an area that bathes communally, isn't it?"

"My father's family, yes." I nodded. "But I never got the to never had the time, and I was always excluded from going."

go to the communal baths. I

My lips twitched at the thought.

"The Jaki Baths in my hometown are the best on this side of the continent, but I never went."

"Why?"

"Well..." I shrugged. "It was a luxury, for one."

"Your family didn't seem to be poor."

aren't really.

his gaze. He looked at me as if he already knew I was lying and it pained him. I-bit-my lip and dropped my gaze to my knees. After everything, should I really be cagey about this? It wasn't like it was my fault that my family were jerk No one ever want to go with me when I had time, I said. "Then... I was too busy to go. Even though the estate has communal bathing arrangements, I never bothered to use them. It

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled.

"That's terrible."

to try it, so this is a pretty good close

sighed, leaning my head back against the

cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He grinned

that made it hard to reconcile

proper honeymoon,"

at the thought. He

that, but...

away. "You were

settle down," he

hidden.

of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with half of my

the next time we are in your realm, we will go to these

twitched and I sunk down a little more

sounds incredible," I whispered, a genuine smile

"You need not thank

me, wife."

of the water. The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed.

blood roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything else as

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hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that

I stormed into my

could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since

Empress.

His wife!

of fury, knocking over a delicate porcelain vase in the process. The sound of shattering echoed through the room was almost cathartic. I screamed and threw chairs. I clawed through a tapestry I'd had since I was child. I couldn't stop until every surface

"That little bitch!"

had been as good as Tsuneo's wife. I'd taken care of him while he was in his coma. I was at his side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should be doing. The king loved me. The entire palace bent to my will. I was crown princess and queen

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