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 naive 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 son. 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 right beside her. 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 doesn’t matter. Because there is only one thing she needed to do. “I will ruin you in this lifetime too,” that was her hateful promise to herself upon realizing she was reborn. And in her second life, Arabella was bestowed a gift to uncover the truth. Who was wrong and who was right? Only time will tell.
Chapter 679: Alwin Do Not Need A Mate
Arabella could not help but smile too and held Ferdinand's hand. She was glad Alwin got to hear something he had been longing for, even in their previous life, to hear from Ferdinand.
With this, she did not need to do anything anymore. Hopefully, this would help Alwin's obsession with getting Ferdinand's approval finally stop or at least lessen.
Sometimes, it was becoming somewhat tiresome how Alwin was so stubborn and kept interpreting Ferdinand and his other elders' actions as just something formal for someone who was under them.
But Arabella understood that years of not saying anything directly about it had led Alwin to believe their love for him was not fatherly affection but something they had to do as elders in general.
After all, in her previous life, since Ferdinand did not speak with her nor vocalize his feelings, she thought she only imagined the glimpses of affection she noticed at first.