“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.

What in the world was this man driving at?


I already know Peculiar couldn't beat me. I just happened to let her beat me in the past but not anymore.


However, hearing him openly tell me that was a huge eye opener.


'…Nothing beats anything that comes first'


"We will see about that." I nonchalantly said and returned to staring at my window.


By now we had gotten into town and were soon approaching the church where the orphanage home was located.


I couldn't believe we spent most of the journey trying to settle our differences and it was weirdly funny. Funny in the sense that he still didn't get what he wanted.


He may have had his way in kissing me but that was it. I won't be swayed into going all the way with him no matter how annoyingly attractive he was.


But why does he have to be this good-looking?


Chapter 33 - Let's end this once and for all