“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.

I asked in alarm the moment we went to her room just to discover she was nowhere to be found.


The guards outside her room were confused and tried to explain that she never stepped out but how would my father believe that.


"HOW CAN YOU BOTH NOT KNOW WHEN SHE LEAVES OR NOT!" He yelled at them while Peter quietly entered the room and examined everything.


I followed him and watched how he looked around suspiciously.


"What is it, my love? What do you notice?" I urgently asked but he didn't answer as he went to her bedside which had a candle light on the table, shining brightly.


"LOOK AROUND FOR HER! AND IF SHE HAS BEEN TAKEN, BE PREPARED TO BE KILLED BY ME!" My father roared and I looked at him with a heavy frown.


This was Ruby and he was a furious mess but never had he been this way with me.


This showed how much he really cherished her and I quietly pondered on our discussion earlier….


Chapter 180 - Looking for her (II)