Chapter 52: Don't You Close Your Eyes
Ilone's POV
The wind drove ice pellets against the window, and the old glass rattled back and forth in its wooden frame with a clatter that set my nerves on edge. Cold air seeped in through the cracks of the aging house, and before long my hands and feet had gone numb. I pressed myself against the ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Even You Don't Want Me Anymore
2. Chapter 2: "I Already Said Yes"
3. Chapter 3: Mr. Voss's "Life-and-Death Friendship"
4. Chapter 4: My White Swan
5. Chapter 5: A Father's Love, Cheaper Than Grass
6. Chapter 6: "Don't Hurt Yourself"
7. Chapter 7: "I Do" — and I Mean It
8. Chapter 8: She Wore My Design
9. Chapter 9: Whose Design Is This?
10. Chapter 10: My Designer Wife
11. Chapter 11: Mr. Voss's "Limited Intervention"
12. Chapter 12: Don't ever let me call you and not get through again.
13. Chapter 13: Please, you have to believe me. We're family—
14. Chapter 14: They're Not Going to Let You Go
15. Chapter 15: The Warmth Around My Ankle
16. Chapter 16: Coincidentally, Of Course
17. Chapter 17: Your body has more life in it than any top model I've ever seen.
18. Chapter 18: Black Swans Don't Wear Chains
19. Chapter 19: Nothing Left to Hide
20. Chapter 20: Tonight, the Stars Crown You
21. Chapter 21: A Soul Worth Envying
22. Chapter 22: A Senator's Wife's Ode
23. Chapter 23 · *I'm Used to It*
24. Chapter 24: Correcting a Few Things
25. Chapter 25: When You Talk About Me, Do Your Eyes Shine Like That?
26. Chapter 26: Who Is the Fairy's King
27. Chapter 27: The Plastic Bead Bracelet
28. Chapter 28 — *I'll Stay Out of It*
29. Chapter 29: You're Going to Be a Great Father
30. Chapter 30 — *My King*
31. Chapter 31: The Lying Fat-Girl Fraud
32. Chapter 32: He Gave Me Courage Through His Scars
33. Chapter 33 — Go Take Back Your Crown
34. Chapter 34: I Want Nothing More to Do with the Thornes
35. Chapter 35: *"Let's Go on a Date"*
36. Chapter 36: *I'll Give You Back Every Bit of Love You Missed*
37. Chapter 37: "Good Morning, My Cure"
38. Chapter 38: When We're Old
39. Chapter 39: The World's Funniest Joke
40. Chapter 40: Grandpa Can't Be Gone
41. Chapter 41: A World I Can Never Enter
42. Chapter 42: *Just Let This Project Go*
43. Chapter 43: *Shadows Overlapping on the Ground*
44. Chapter 44: But Right Now, I Won't Let Go
45. Chapter 45: Mrs. Voss, Where Exactly Are You Planning to Go?
46. Chapter 46: What a Pity I Met You So Late
47. Chapter 47: How Is My King This Amazing
48. Chapter 48: Kyle Is Paying for Your Dream
49. Chapter 49: Goodbye, Kyle
50. Chapter 50: He Is Going Crazy
51. Chapter 51: Sister Is a Fairy
52. Chapter 52: Don't You Close Your Eyes
53. Chapter 53: Look at Me, Please Open Your Eyes
54. Chapter 54: As Long As She Lives
55. Chapter 55: I Love You
56. Chapter 56: I Never Thought You Were Fat
57. Chapter 57: I Love You Even More Now
58. Chapter 58: I'll Gamble My Life With You
59. Chapter 59: Life or Death
60. Chapter 60: The Queen's Weapon
61. Chapter 61: We Are One
62. Chapter 62: It's Not Too Late to Regret
63. Chapter 63: Surrender to You
64. Chapter 64: They Regret It
65. Chapter 65: Who Is He, Really?**
66. Chapter 66: A Hundred Thousand Isn't Even Enough to Feed My Dog
67. Chapter 67: My Only Light
68. Chapter 68: Ilone, Save Me
69. Chapter 69: Stay Away From Other People's Husbands
70. Chapter 70: Breaking the Cocoon
71. Chapter 71: The Best Is Yet to Come
72. Chapter 72 — I Will Never Forgive You, and I Will Never Withdraw the Charges
73. Chapter 73: I Want to Make a Deal with You, Ilone
74. Chapter 74 — Divorce Petition
75. Chapter 75: You've Been Bewitched by This Fat Woman
76. Chapter 76 — "My Marriage Will Never Be a Bargaining Chip at the Negotiating Table
77. Chapter 77 — Don't Give Up on Me So Easily
78. Chapter 78 — Thorned Roses Reborn in Blood
79. Chapter 79: Will You Be My Student?
80. Chapter 80 — "Kiss Me and It Won't Hurt"
81. Chapter 81 — "We're in Big Trouble"
82. Chapter 82: What Do You Have Left to Fight Me With?
83. Chapter 83: She's Trying to Ruin You!
84. Chapter 84: My Heart Belongs Only to My King
85. Chapter 85: Have Mercy on Me, Darling
86. Chapter 86: I Admire That Lonely Courage of Yours — to Hold an Umbrella over the Weak
87. Chapter 87: As You Command, My King
88. Chapter 88: I Must Be Addicted to You
89. Chapter 89: "She Left That Note to Kill You"**
90. Chapter 90: A Bastard Whose Own Parents Don't Even Know Who She Is
91. Chapter 91: This Heart Is Beating for You
92. Chapter 92: You Gave Us the Courage to Keep Living
93. Chapter 93: From Today, I Am Only Ilone
94. Chapter 94: "Every Word My Wife Says Goes"
95. Chapter 95: "Do You Know Me?"
96. Chapter 96: "In This World, I Only Have You"
97. Chapter 97: "This Isn't a Request. It's a Rule."
98. Chapter 98 — "I Always Said You Were a Genius, Ilone"
99. Chapter 99: Why Is She So Hell-Bent on Destroying Us?
100. Chapter 100: There's Definitely Something Wrong With That Jacket
101. Chapter 101: "As Long as the Studio Stands, I Stand"
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