The Sword and The Shadow - Chapter 590 Twenty Years Ago

“I WILL MAKE THEM ALL REGRET THE DAY THEY MET ME! I WILL MAKE THEM WISH THEY WERE NEVER BORN! AND I WILL MAKE THEM HATE THE DAY THEY THOUGHT OF BETRAYING ME!”“You will, Sweetie. And I'll help you with that...”Those were the last words Avery spoke and heard before passing out in her bloody red wedding gown, on the same day she was supposed to marry her boyfriend from senior high school.~~Avery McCallum, the sole heiress and president of the McCallum Group of Companies, had her whole family wiped out on her wedding day. Framed for her grandfather's murder and stripped of her position, Avery vows to take revenge on those who wronged her. But her powerless state seems to mock her determination.Enter Archibald Donovan. She used to hate the devilishly hot and narcissistic chairman of the A² Corp who also happened to be her older brother's best friend, but when consumed with the need to take revenge, she begged him to marry her in return for fulfilling a long list of conditions. Archie agrees, and a month later, Avery re-emerges as Ava Donovan, a rising actress and the wife of the most powerful man in the country.With her newfound status, Avery systematically destroys her adversaries, uncovering dark secrets and hidden agendas along the way. But as she navigates the treacherous landscape of her new life, she must confront the truth about her family's past and at the end of it all, come back to him.She owed him after all...EXCERPTArchie's eyes darkened when he saw her stumbling out of the wine cellar, a bottle of wine in one hand and her night robe, in the other. She was literally half naked.“Hey...” her greeting came out in a slur, and that was all he needed to know she was drunk. Very drunk, at that.“Why?” he asked simply, knowing she would interpret his question as she usually did.“I...I visited them today. The flowers on their stones were already wilted and...and...it broke me. I wanted to be happy and at the same time, I wanted to cry,” Avery replied, inhaling short wisps of air before she continued, “Then I found the cellar.”“Did it work?”She shook her head slowly in reply, lifting her head up in time to see a mischievous smirk curl on his lips.“Don't be sad, Baby girl. I happen to know a way to make you cry and keep you excited at the same time,” he said.“Really?”“Wanna try it, Mama?”Avery nodded, slowly but firmly as he closed the distance between them.As he promised, she did cry...in pleasure.

Gentle and infatuated serious old cadre X natural tease and slice rogue Pippi

After Gu Zhong’s soul flew away and scattered, the fragments of his soul were scattered in the heavens and all walks of life, and each life would not end well because of unclear knowledge of people.

Being robbed of the country, being riddled with black material, being framed by climbing, being accused by thousands of people…

Ling Yan, who was finally able to pick up pieces and fight for his wife, came to the small world of the soul to see Gu Zhong’s miserable fate…

Let me see who dares to touch my wife? !

So the Lord God started a busy career of saving his wife.

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One of the world’s emperors and princesses

Di Shi: I would like to give all of it to you, Haiyan Heqing. Give up everything, including emotion and life.

Your Highness: So, this posture is still not very proficient. Why don’t you teach me a little more, sir?

Imperial Master:…Your Highness, please respect yourself!

The second agent in the world and the queen

Agent: I will pave a bright and smooth road for you, and no one will be able to bully you and humiliate you from now on.

Actress: There are rumors outside that I have a relationship with the gold lord. Is my sister responsible for me?

Agent: What do you want to do next?

The World’s Three Righteous Path Alliance Leaders and Demon Sect Leaders

Alliance Leader: I will offer you the entire martial arts forest to avenge your bloody revenge.

Cult Master: It’s so boring to fight and kill. Since the pavilion master knows the world’s affairs, why not practice one or two tonight?

Alliance Leader: I’ll look for any other martial arts secrets!

The Four Astrologers and Rebels of the World

Astrologer: The world abandons you and hates you, so I will be the enemy of the world and help you change your life against the sky.

Disobedient: The immortal master might as well count, when is it suitable for the bridal candle?

Astrologer:…There will be a strange treasure in the world tonight in Benjunguan.

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[Mature Content]I was born a bastard to the Archduke of Beloria, scorned because of my odd-looking hair and sickly body, maltreated by my stepmother and sister.And my father? He never looked my way. I was the reminder of a mistake he could never accept.My entire life should've been trying to live through my days as a labeled whores daughter and the taint to the noble house but everything changed when my marriage to the Lycan Monarch was announced.Lycans are apex predators, superior beings, beastmen, and originators of those horror stories your parents told you about to make you behave. My father saw fit to throw me to the beasts as a means to reclaim the lost lands.I was the bargain for a better future for the last human kingdom, but I felt more cursed than blessed. Forced into training to please a beast and ensure I was fit to be his wife.I dreaded the day I'd wed the Monarch and be treated no less than human meat. I've heard stories about him, and they are far worse than any combined. They call him a mindless beast, merciless, the ultimate feared being in the entire realm, and the terror that bested the vampires in war and ended it under his rule.My future was bleak.But when the day arrived and I set my gaze on the beast I'm meant to marry... I realized Drevon Balthar was unlike the rumors; they didn't tell the whole story.

After the nth time of failing a marriage meeting, Xiang Han got himself a job: good treatment, high salary, free world traveling with food provided, house provided and even a ‘lover provided’?!

At first, he thought, apart from having to travel into the body of a scum cannon fodder, a scheming fake white lotus, everything else was okay. It was only later he realized that saving the target was also a problem. His imagination was neverending, even eating a cup of ramen was seen as a way to rouse his ( target’s) interest!

Xiang Han: This target is a no-go.

Certain Target: Very good, you’ve already managed to rouse my interest.

Xiang Han: Go outside and make a left turn to the optometrist, go get your eyes healed! Additionally, this “lover provided” isn’t necessary.

A Certain Target: This is certainly necessary!

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