Chapter 0129

Start over? What a tempting and beautiful of

I smiled as I gently traced my fingertips over Nicholas' brows and eyes. He mistook my gesture for delight and tightened his arms. around my waist, planting a hard kiss on my lips, "Happy?"

His face was filled with confidence. It was the most hypocritical expression-the kind worn by those who had been in power for a long time, believing they controlled the situation. "Mm," I responded softly.

I had always been someone who wanted things to be clear, especially those involving myself. But at this moment, I pressed my lips together and held back all the thoughts swirling in my mind, not asking a single question.

He was a master of building castles, Having a little princess inside wasn't enough for him-he wanted me too.

"This simple happiness we have now is pretty good," he said.

"I remember you saying something similar when we first got together."

He raised an eyebrow and said, "I don't recall."

"Before we got married, you said simple women are the best. They don't need a flashy lifestyle, and they have a clean social circle. They aren't vain. Instead, they're gentle, considerate, and sometimes event a little adorably naive. They're the perfect wife material." I suddenly realized how rational Nicholas had always been. Even his

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was made through a thorough

I was too busy being pleased with myself, thrilled at the ideal

woman, he meant someone without ulterior motives, someone who didn't crave the flashy,

good family, with everything she needed, who wouldn't spend his money like some common woman. A clean social circle meant someone whose background

and adorably naive meant someone

with him.

around his neck. I was trying to hold on

in my mind. It was just that I had been truly hurt over these years. Did

whether he ever loved me, he'd probably put on a stern face and, with a look that was warning me not to ask for

something, but what would I get? After all the sifting, I'd be left with nothing but

seems my judgment

thought. I had no intention of trying to understand it.

making it sting a bit. "Oh?

I wanted to tell myself it was okay to ask, but I still felt diffident

his second and third buttons, pressing it against his chest. "Don't worry, I'm not asking for something

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