“I gave you my soul in my last life. In this one, I’ll settle for your crown.”
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In my first life, I was the devoted Queen. I waited two months for my husband, King Lauren, to return from the front lines—only for him to walk through the palace gates with a beautiful young maiden by his side and a decree in his hand: ‘She would be the new Queen’.
And because of that evil beauty he brought to our kingdom, I died a discarded "nobody," executed for a crime I didn't commit.
But death didn't take me. It sent me back.
I woke up on the morning of his return. The crowds are cheering, the flowers are blooming, and my husband is about to humiliate me in front of the entire kingdom.
But he doesn't know I've changed. He doesn't know I've returned with a special skill that makes me the most dangerous woman in the room.
Before he can introduce his "New Queen," I hand him the one thing no one in this kingdom has ever dared to ask for: Divorce papers.
In our land, a Queen asking for divorce is an abomination punishable by stoning.
But Lauren thinks I’m bluffing. He looks me in the eye, tears my petition to shreds, and growls, “You are my wife. I will never stamp those papers.”
He thinks he is keeping me trapped. He doesn't realize he has trapped himself in a palace with a woman who knows every one of his secrets—and is prepared to burn his kingdom to the ground just to see him sign his name.
My goal is simple; I will make him fall... not in love, but to his knees.
Since he spent my first life making me cry. I’ll spend my second making him bleed.

Note: Song recommendation for this chapter (121); 'Little Ache by Kinnship'


At his query, I frowned because the look on his face softened like what he wanted saying was something pertaining to us which I didn't want.


That was a very sensitive topic and I had still not come to accept it. I found it immensely difficult to cope with.


And as I held his eyes, I could tell he felt something deeply and it made me wonder how he was able to wait all those years for me when he could have just taken someone else.


The lady he loved and yearned to be with.


If I can remember correctly, he said she had moved on and couldn't wait for him…wait!


Why wasn't she able to wait for him when he would become king?


No lady would want to lose such an opportunity of marrying a prince who was soon to be king.


Chapter 121 - Those buried feelings (I)