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.
In Estrella
"Ferdinand! The lights!" Arabella held onto him tight. She shut her eyes tight and buried her face in his chest so she wouldn't see their surroundings.
They were too close to the edge right now.
Just two steps and it's the water.
He even went where there was no railing. They were facing the wide expanse of water right now.
When she was little, one night, Arabella almost drowned in a pond in their garden when she escaped to pick flowers that she heard only bloomed at night.
Since then, she was scared of bodies of water when it was dark. Even a pond still scares her when it's dark.
It became a trauma she carried for so long even to the next life.
Living until she was forty in her previous life didn't help at all since she still had memories of it.
[She's gripping my clothes so tightly. She's that scared?]
"It's alright. I'm here with you. There's nothing to fear," Ferdinand wrapped her in his arms. "Try to look around you. It's already bright everywhere."