Love how the ex-father dukes brain works. My wife died while she was on the way to divorce me because I cheated on her. Clearly it’s the child born from that cheating at fault. The child I brought to my own home and didn’t really have a say. My cheating has nothing to do with this. I can’t be at fault. Child is cursed.
The mental gymnastics this man does is Olympian level
In his anger for ruining his 'perfect' life, the Duke implicitly told the butler to give the FL the abusive nanny, the nanny abused her emotionally, verbally and physically.
I made a mistake, thes sperm donor told the ducchess that they adopting a random child with silver hair to send her as a future crown princess, but when she saw FL she know immediatly that FL is his daughter, then they aragued, it wasn't told what exactly they said so she could know or not.
One day, the starved Fl tried to search for a food in the middle of the night, and she stumbled upon the Duchess, after knowing the nanny she fired her, and she introduced her tho the other children, it was a short peacful life, but the ducchess decided to make the divorce decision not so much because of infidelity, but because she did not know her husband who, having an illegitimate child, allowed mistreatment, when she knew that it would be a sacrifice instead of Estela, her legitimate daughter. In her eyes, Giovanni stopped being a sweet and sensitive man and became a monster.the Ducchess even confronted the Duke before the divorce for hurting the sister of her children, that she deserved the same treatment as her legitimate children, but the Duke did not change his mind, so she decided to divorce him. Hazel always reminded him that the girl was not guilty but him, but the Duke who did not want to accept this made his children believe that it was Olivia who ruined their life.
Ahh such a good read every time.
Actual strong female lead Who actually fights her own battles and doesn’t need anyone to fight them for her
A proper male lead that’s actually supports the female lead and doesn’t take over. He actually understands her and supports her fully
It was a slow burn romance but actually believable considering their past
The revenge is properly done. It’s not quick and I like it. If you were tormented for many months in a past life, You would want your enemies to suffer just as much as you
All supporting characters are cute. They are also useful and have their own personalities and not just background characters
Tl;dr I love a Strong queen with her supportive trophy husband
God berry family are so stupid.
Only the king seems to understand that if they lose, they lose everything.
While dumb delulu sis goes off for selfish reasons because her arranged marriage partner isn’t attractive enough even though the marriage is her own fault and the only reason they had them as allies
Gross brother is lazy and just wants to flirt around. Doesn’t even understand that if he hides because he doesn’t want to work and they lose the war, he won’t even be royalty anymore. If there’s a time to work, it’s now dumbassssss.
The queen just complains if she loses face and and benefits, yet when they talk about trying to improve things, she just yawns and spaces out as if it’s not her problem to fix
It’s like the family doesn’t understand that war is bad, they will lose and losing means having nothing
They act like they Royal forever








I like a bit of pettiness, but this grandma empress dowager is next level lol. All because a guy didn’t like her back yikes