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Lysia and Cedric were not in love in the first timeline. Their relationship has always been brother-sister platonic. They agreed to marry in the first timeline purely for the sake of convenience.
The one Lysia was actually in love with is Lawrence! She understood that a lot of Lawrence's twisted personality came from his insecurity and upbringing and felt sorry for him. While they were married she tried to change him, but he was beyond hope and so jealous and insecure about her power and prestige as Saintess that she couldn't get through (although actually Lawrence was obsessed with Lysia too and that made it even worse).
Towards the end of the novel the central characters also get their memories back. Lawrence becomes obsessed with Lysia and kidnaps her and Lysia kills him.
why did Lawrence brutally torture his sister? was he insecure of his sister as well?
I knew it.
Thanks!
Part of it was to use her a scapegoat for all the terrible things he did, but yes, he is also jealous and resentful of Tia because of her legitimacy.
He knows that he was only able to become emperor because of Tia backing him with her title and Lysia marry him and becoming Empress. So in some ways its almost like he kills them off to prove that he can still be emperor without them.
oh so he still died oh well
Her taste in men is horrible. Of all the piteful men she could have, she absolutely had to choose the one who would harm her.
I feel like I'd be more accepting of the ML's change of feelings if it didn't happen SO fast.
Like on the one hand, I totally get how Cayena's original behavior would repel him. Put simply, it was HARASSMENT. Touching someone however you want without their permission, following them around, attacking the people around them...that's crazy, harassing behavior just a few octaves below her husband's. I get that once someone is NOT acting that way and is being respectful of your boundaries and reasonable, there's the chance to get to know them and develop a relationship because it begins with mutual respect and friendship.
But the fact that his changeover happened almost IMMEDIATELY, really makes it come of as less a relationship that develops because of newly established mutual respect and more just 'now that she's not interested in me I MUST HAVE HER' trope that always annoys me. I just wished the author had made them friends and partners for a while before she made the ML fall in love.
Also, UNRELATED, but as someone who takes her bra off as soon as she gets home, I really respect the way the ML's tiddies are unleashed in EVERY scene where he's in his residence.
Oof, thank god I'm not the only one who's thinking his affection was too abruptly. I think the novel manage to stretch the chapters of his sign showing affection.