“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.

"She had to leave in the middle of the night." Dally informed me the following morning.


"Oh," I simply said because it came as a surprise to me.


I wanted to see her and bid her farewell. It was unfortunate that we reunited a few days ago and now she is gone again, leaving me in the big palace with nothing much to do.


I definitely didn't want to come face to face with Lord Chadwick nor do I want to have anything to do with the palace to bring too much attention to myself.


Although I definitely didn't mind meeting Peter, after all he was like my brother and we have always been very fond of each other.


As I was walking past the main hallway where the grand staircase was as well as the entrance, I heard the butler speaking with someone and I quickly hid myself.


Nonetheless, he caught me and called out to me, making me come out of my hiding place which had been behind a pillar.


Chapter 188 - The man he had in mind for her