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Chapter 6

作者: Gemma
At dawn, my mother opened my bedroom door.

"Evelyn, Lucas is downstairs. He looks awful and says he has to see you."

I sat up, eyes sore from barely sleeping. My mother looked at me for a moment. Unlike before, she did not tell me to be sensible. She only patted my shoulder.

"See him if you want. If not, I'll have him removed."

After a moment, I went downstairs.

Lucas stood in the parlor with a black paper bag in his hand. Aside from the red in his eyes and the mess of his hair, he looked almost
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  • The Bride Who Chose Her Own Kingdom   Chapter 9

    Three years later, I returned to New York with a complete neurotoxin reversal model.That year, the Rossi lab stepped out of the underground and became an independent foundation. My name appeared on the first patent list and on invitations to closed-door medical conferences.At last, people called me Dr. Rossi instead of the DeLuca heir's fiancee.I liked that title. It was clean, sharp, and mine alone.Sofia was the one who told me what happened to Lucas.Vivian and he had become a disaster in London. She refused to be abandoned and refused to become the forgotten Miss Castor again. During one of their fights, she injured him. To bury the scandal, the DeLucas sent her to prison and removed Lucas from the core line of succession."A little tragic," Sofia said over her coffee, not sounding sorry at all. "But he had it coming."I turned a page in my report. There was no rush of triumph in my chest, and no pain either.Lucas felt like a lifetime ago.That evening, Noah came to take me to

  • The Bride Who Chose Her Own Kingdom   Chapter 8

    Lucas did not return to London.He asked the DeLucas to suspend his rotation and stayed in Marseille. Every day, I saw him outside the lab, smoking by his car or watching from a distance like a wolf finally realizing its owner no longer wanted it.Pitiful? Maybe. But I was not his shelter.A month later, I stopped him outside the lab."Lucas, stop coming. My boyfriend doesn't like it."His face went white."Noah?""Me." Noah stepped out and placed an arm around my waist. He did not gloat. He simply stood there, steady and sure.Lucas stared at his hand. His eyes slowly reddened."What about me? What about my separation anxiety?"I looked at him and remembered how confidently he had once pinned that label on me, how he used it to mock me, control me, and decide my life for me."Didn't you already find a cure?"Lucas froze.I lifted my chin."Turn around."He turned slowly. The color drained from his face.Vivian stood across the street in a red dress, suitcase in hand. She had followed

  • The Bride Who Chose Her Own Kingdom   Chapter 7

    My cold war with Lucas became so obvious that both families could no longer ignore it.Mrs. DeLuca came herself, in an expensive black dress, pearls in place, wearing the warm smile of an elder who had never been refused."Evelyn, what have you been busy with? Did Lucas upset you? I'll scold him for you."I invited her to sit and said nothing.She smiled and continued, "But young couples fight. That's normal. Take it too far, and you only hurt the relationship. Lucas has lost weight because of you. Whatever happened, the two of you are meant to marry. Does it really matter who lowers their head first?"I had planned to be polite for her age. After hearing that, I only wanted to laugh."Mrs. DeLuca, the Rossi family will formally request that my engagement to Lucas be suspended for Council review. From now on, he and I have no private relationship. And you don't need to imply that I am the one being unreasonable."Her face sank at once.Lucas walked in from outside. Clearly, he had been

  • The Bride Who Chose Her Own Kingdom   Chapter 6

    At dawn, my mother opened my bedroom door."Evelyn, Lucas is downstairs. He looks awful and says he has to see you."I sat up, eyes sore from barely sleeping. My mother looked at me for a moment. Unlike before, she did not tell me to be sensible. She only patted my shoulder."See him if you want. If not, I'll have him removed."After a moment, I went downstairs.Lucas stood in the parlor with a black paper bag in his hand. Aside from the red in his eyes and the mess of his hair, he looked almost like himself, as if putting on that calm mask would make everything fall back into place."These are from that French bakery you like." He placed the box on the coffee table. "Eat something. Then come with me to the Council."I looked at him. "For what?""To give up Marseille."He said it as if he was choosing my dress for the day."I checked. There's an attached research seat open in London. It isn't a core project, but it's near me. You'll take that."He pushed a temporary contract toward me.

  • The Bride Who Chose Her Own Kingdom   Chapter 5

    At eleven fifty, a pebble hit my window.It was our childhood signal. One stone meant he was here, two meant hurt, three meant he wanted to see me. Tonight, he threw only one.I opened the curtain and saw him beside the rosebeds. The man who had kissed Vivian in the club was now looking up at me with something almost pleading in his eyes."Evelyn." His voice was hoarse, as if he had been drinking. "Stop this. Be good. Change the seal. London is good too. I'll take you to the Thames, to the old theaters. If you want Marseille, we can fly there whenever you like."When I went downstairs, I smelled alcohol on him, and a woman's perfume too.He slurred his words, nothing like the untouchable DeLuca heir he liked to be. If only he had lowered his head earlier, told the truth earlier, and treated me like someone who could bleed. Leaving might have been harder.Thankfully, he had not."Little shadow, London really is good. You've never been away from me. You get upset if you don't see me for

  • The Bride Who Chose Her Own Kingdom   Chapter 4

    Back at the estate, I had just taken off my jacket when Vivian updated her feed.In an underground room at Raven Club, they were playing truth or dare. Vivian had been dared to kiss anyone in the room.The video swept across the poker table, the glasses, the cigar smoke, then landed on Lucas. Vivian bit her lip and looked at him as if begging for rescue."Lucas, you're the only one here I really know."The room erupted."Miss Castor, how are we strangers? Other than the DeLuca heir, are the rest of us invisible?"Vivian stammered, nearly crying. Lucas sat on the sofa, unreadable."Forget it." Vivian picked up a glass. "If he doesn't want to, I'll drink the penalty."Just before the rim touched her lips, a hand reached out and stopped her.Lucas frowned. "You're allergic to hard liquor. Are you trying to get yourself killed?"Vivian's voice trembled. "What else can I do? If I don't finish the dare, I have to take the punishment."The whistles grew louder. Lucas watched her for a few sec

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