Chapter 165: Taken the Bait
After a while, I lowered my cup. "Father."
"Hm?"
I hesitated, turning the words over once more before letting them out. Then smiled. "I've been practicing."
That immediately gained his attention. He set his own cup down, the easy fondness from a moment ago sharpening into something far more alert.
"...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Deja Vu of Betrayal
2. Chapter 2: Drown to Misery
3. Chapter 3: My Little Soldier
4. Chapter 4: Precaution
5. Chapter 5: Sudden Summon
6. Chapter 6: At Least Acknowledge
7. Chapter 7: Being Noticed
8. Chapter 8: Assembly Meeting
9. Chapter 9: One-Sided Love and Sacrifice
10. Chapter 10: A Promotion
11. Chapter 11: Where the Secrecy Began
12. Chapter 12: Passionate Deal
13. Chapter 13: The Binder and The Oathsworn
14. Chapter 14: As His Assistant
15. Chapter 15: Earned, Not Asked
16. Chapter 16: A Satisfying Reward
17. Chapter 17: A Faint Whisper
18. Chapter 18: Completely Aware
19. Chapter 19: Blessed One
20. Chapter 20: Had Gone Bolder
21. Chapter 21: Sick Commander
22. Chapter 22: Ridiculous Excuses
23. Chapter 23: Small Celebration
24. Chapter 24: Only Look At Me
25. Chapter 25: His Territory
26. Chapter 26: The Trusted People
27. Chapter 27: First Night
28. Chapter 28: A Hint
29. Chapter 29: Comparing Commanders
30. Chapter 30: The One Who Brought History
31. Chapter 31: Two Dresses
32. Chapter 32: Confidence
33. Chapter 33: The Big Night
34. Chapter 34: The Right Moment
35. Chapter 35: We'd Talk
36. Chapter 36: Claiming and Wanting
37. Chapter 37: Taunting
38. Chapter 38: Entertainment
39. Chapter 39: The Fortune
40. Chapter 40: Morning Deed
41. Chapter 41: An Outsider
42. Chapter 42: The Luna of Golden Eclipse
43. Chapter 43: Years of Friendship
44. Chapter 44: Born to Flaunt
45. Chapter 45: The Famous Seamstress
46. Chapter 46: Hollow Feeling
47. Chapter 47: Like a Widow
48. Chapter 48: So What If I Am?
49. Chapter 49: Taste of Own Medicine
50. Chapter 50: Dangerous Temper
51. Chapter 51: Dining Hall
52. Chapter 52: Another Win
53. Chapter 53: Faux Concern
54. Chapter 54: Worn by Its Owner
55. Chapter 55: Exchanging Vows
56. Chapter 56: The Best Reply
57. Chapter 57: A Pleading of Regret
58. Chapter 58: Interruption
59. Chapter 59: Fair Share
60. Chapter 60: Equal Pleasing
61. Chapter 61: Not Blind
62. Chapter 62: The Proof
63. Chapter 63: The Anomaly
64. Chapter 64: The First Euphyllia
65. Chapter 65: Grieving Father
66. Chapter 66: Coincidence
67. Chapter 67: Two Days
68. Chapter 68: The Ghost of the Past
69. Chapter 69: The Advancement Ceremony
70. Chapter 70: Never Meant to be Seen
71. Chapter 71: Aunt
72. Chapter 72: Husband's Request
73. Chapter 73: New to Him
74. Chapter 74: Intensity and Devotion
75. Chapter 75: The Missing Presence
76. Chapter 76: Tables Have Turned
77. Chapter 77: In Distress
78. Chapter 78: A Suspicious Shift
79. Chapter 79: Awareness and Realization
80. Chapter 80: Suspicious Gaze
81. Chapter 81: Desperate Act
82. Chapter 82: No Interest
83. Chapter 83: The Trap
84. Chapter 84: A Breath of Confession
85. Chapter 85: Lucretius
86. Chapter 86: Rebirth
87. Chapter 87: Past and Present
88. Chapter 88: Sister of the General
89. Chapter 89: Fated
90. Chapter 90: Sick Joke
91. Chapter 91: Feigning Ignorance
92. Chapter 92: Past Revelations
93. Chapter 93: Lost in Thought
94. Chapter 94: Caelthorn Trade House
95. Chapter 95: Restless
96. Chapter 96: Pulsating Mate Bond
97. Chapter 97: Never Had Been
98. Chapter 98: Representatives' Arrival
99. Chapter 99: Worth Protecting
100. Chapter 100: Not One of Them
101. Chapter 101: Same Offer
102. Chapter 102: Fear of the Present
103. Chapter 103: Ambush
104. Chapter 104: Realization
105. Chapter 105: Why Did You Bring Me Here?
106. Chapter 106: Asking to Understand
107. Chapter 107: From Me
108. Chapter 108: A Mistake
109. Chapter 109: Waiting
110. Chapter 110: Distant Memory
111. Chapter 111: Someone
112. Chapter 112: The Illusion of Freedom
113. Chapter 113: His Responsibility
114. Chapter 114: Playing Along
115. Chapter 115: He Heard It
116. Chapter 116: Not So Bad
117. Chapter 117: Pride vs Pride
118. Chapter 118: Come with Me
119. Chapter 119: The Tomb of the Last Life
120. Chapter 120: Losing Both
121. Chapter 121: Stand with Me
122. Chapter 122: Serene
123. Chapter 123: Apologize
124. Chapter 124: Show Me
125. Chapter 125: The Same Way
126. Chapter 126: Been Deprived
127. Chapter 127: You're Mine
128. Chapter 128: Strong Stamina
129. Chapter 129: Something He Wanted
130. Chapter 130: Marry Me
131. Chapter 131: Simple Vows
132. Chapter 132: He Prefers
133. Chapter 133: Brother's Confrontation
134. Chapter 134: Brother vs. Husband
135. Chapter 135: Consequences
136. Chapter 136: The Truth Between Lives
137. Chapter 137: A Soul That Never Left
138. Chapter 138: Someone He Trusted
139. Chapter 139: Between Quiet and Truth
140. Chapter 140: The Same as Before
141. Chapter 141: Behind the Door
142. Chapter 142: Elixane
143. Chapter 143: Deity Title
144. Chapter 144: Divine Law
145. Chapter 145: The Wish He Made
146. Chapter 146: Beautiful Hope
147. Chapter 147: Father
148. Chapter 148: Reality Claps
149. Chapter 149: Frightening Together
150. Chapter 150: When This is Over
151. Chapter 151: Our Pack
152. Chapter 152: Banquet Preparations
153. Chapter 153: Dangerous Game
154. Chapter 154: Autumn Moon Banquet
155. Chapter 155: Stay Within My Sight
156. Chapter 156: Terrible Taste
157. Chapter 157: Deeply Loved
158. Chapter 158: Marcelo's Mask
159. Chapter 159: The Man Who Wants to Devour Her
160. Chapter 160: Husband's Losing Battle
161. Chapter 161: Lucretius' Reward
162. Chapter 162: Let Them Watch, Let Them See
163. Chapter 163: Stubborn Lucretius
164. Chapter 164: Born from Fear and Trauma
165. Chapter 165: Taken the Bait
166. Chapter 166: Mate is Here
167. Chapter 167: Finally
168. Chapter 168: Negotiation Chamber
169. Chapter 169: Negotiation Begins
170. Chapter 170: No Longer Exists
171. Chapter 171: The Trap
172. Chapter 172: We Did It
173. Chapter 173: My Idiot
174. Chapter 174: Going Home to Another Place
175. Familiarity Bond
176. Chapter 176: Once Loved
177. Chapter 177: My Closest Friend
178. Chapter 178: The Wedding I Deserved
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