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Lord Theodore's Favorite Ritual

"I have waited for you in all of my lives, Gooseberry, and in all of them you had left. Please stay in this one," he pleaded, his eyes locked with hers. "I wish to stay too, My Lord Husband, because you are forever, Theodore," she whispered, tears glistening in her eyes. In a world where Lydia Statham, an illegitimate girl shunned as an abomination, is confined to her noble-born family’s estate, her only escape comes through books and stories of the outside world. But destiny intervenes when she receives an invitation to a bridal pick banquet at one of Critic Arley’s grandest mansions. What was supposed to be a chance for a new beginning soon becomes a solitary encounter with Lord Theodore, a feared outcast and enemy of the Empire. Lord Theodore, of royal blood but without a surname, has never desired a wife, and the idea of cohabiting with a woman seems unfathomable. Yet, at the banquet thrown by Conan, where every young lady was invited, only Lydia appears. Now, Theodore must confront his deepest reservations as he navigates the ritualistic demands and unearths feelings he never anticipated. In a tale of forbidden desires and unspoken promises, every season, every day, and forever, Theodore's life will revolve around the ritual that is Lydia—his chosen, his fate. No one came but her. His Gooseberry. ************** "Call me Lordess Theodore" "I am Lordess Theodore and I am his favourite ritual" Dear Critic. Do you wish to https://buymeacoffee.com/nanafirdausi Discourse with me on discord @i_nanafirdausi Cover photo is mine.

I_Nana_Firdausi · Fantaisie
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294 Chs

The Mother Of Theodore.

Night.

Bedroom, Theodore Mansion.

Critic Arley, Critic-Ishire.

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As the moon cast its soft glow through the window, illuminating their bedroom with a gentle silver light, Lydia and Theodore lay side by side in their bed.

The heaviness of their hearts seemed to weigh down the very air around them, suffocating in its intensity.

Lydia's eyes were red and swollen from tears shed throughout the day, but her mind was no longer overly consumed by thoughts of the child they had lost.

Theodore's face was drawn and etched with small lines of distress, his normally strong demeanour crumbling under the weight of their shared grief.

They lay in silence, each lost in their own thoughts, the only sound the quiet rhythm of their breathing mingling in the stillness of the night. The emptiness of their arms once filled with passion and dreams was now echoed with a painful absence that seemed to stretch on infinitely.