Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress
Falling for his warm touch despite his usual coldness, she loved him only to be disappointed and betrayed in the end. When love turns to darkness, it festers to be poisonous and consumes the soul. The naïve Arabella evolved. *** “Thank you for becoming my wife,” was her cold husband’s last words before he died, coupled with a smile that had never before graced his lips. Not on their wedding day. And not even at the birth of their only child. Emperor Ferdinand, someone Arabella loved so much, killed their son. She became a villainess and vowed revenge for her beloved child. For a decade, she used everything she could to make Ferdinand pay. Until finally… he fell to ruin! With her revenge complete, Arabella's life soon ended with her dead husband in her arms. But fate wasn’t done playing with her. All of a sudden, she was back two decades ago right after their wedding. Was it a curse or a blessing? It didn’t matter. Because there is only one thing she needed to do. “I will ruin you in this lifetime too!” This was her hateful promise to herself upon realizing she was reborn. But in her second life, Arabella was unexpectedly bestowed a gift to uncover the truth. Who was wrong and who was right? Only time will tell.
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Arabella learned from Fatima's thoughts that she was indeed a traitor. She had betrayed Evelyn right from the start.
Fatima did feel bad that Evelyn had to lose her life but Fatima believed it was a necessity so it couldn't be helped.
Fatima thought that she merely did what she had to do so it wasn't her fault, and that it was Evelyn's for being so gullible.
Arabella didn't learn what exactly happened, but Fatima had a part in it.
She could infer from what she heard that Fatima fooled Evelyn and pretended to be a friend in order to eliminate her and be the next Queen.
'How could I hate Renee if she had experienced so much and had also been used just like me?'
They had indeed been in somewhat alike circumstances.
Arabella hated the fact that Renee used her to get what she wanted.
But she couldn't completely hate her because she had also been a victim. And she wasn't even who she thought she was.
'Did she perhaps, use me to pass the pain to others?'