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.
Chapter 577: You Cannot Go Back to Umbra
"It's my fault he is there. I should go there and -"
"No," Arabella cut him off.
"Can't you let me finish?" Alwin made a face.
"You can't go back there. What if that entity does something again and you get fatally injured or worse yet, die this time? I will not be able to forgive myself for not stopping you from going," Arabella replied sternly.
"But His Majesty-"
"Ferdinand is alright. You don't know how restless and worried he was when your presence vanished. The thought that you could have died terrified him. Ferdinand would blame himself for as long as he lived if something happened to you. It's akin to how I felt when I thought I had lost Fermin forever. He would be engulfed in grief for eons."
Arabella had to point out this worst-case scenario for Alwin to understand just how important he was to Ferdinand.
[Why are her eyes like that? Was my lord really that worried?]