My Secret Flower - Episode 0

“And so, the two lived happily ever after,” that cliché ending of romance novels always felt lackluster.

A noblewoman married but unloved by her husband, and a commoner man who is a knight of the married woman’s family. The story is about two protagonists of different social classes who fall in love at first sight and abandon their families to elope. I don’t understand why this is so popular in the capital, especially among the nobles.

No matter how you look at it, it’s so unrealistic that it feels alienating. Frankly, it’s an affair, and in reality, they would surely be punished for adultery.

“Bring is still the same. Still can’t escape from her delusions… Huh?”

I roughly understood what adorable purpose my childhood friend, Evelyn, had in sending me this book, and I snorted. I turned to the last page and found Evelyn’s handwriting on a blank page, boasting her ever-cute penmanship.

To my precious friend, Lishua.

I’m sure you forced yourself to read this book I sent you and scoffed at it, right? I can see your expression without even looking! Your problem is that you ignore romance too much!

I believe in fate. Shua, you will meet someone you fall in love with at first sight someday. I always pray for it whenever I go to the temple.

I’m counting down the days. Surely a very special encounter will greet us. We only live once, so shouldn’t we shine like the stars in the sky at least once to be able to confidently say that we lived without regrets?

“…Good heavens. Bring, what am I going to do with you?”

Evelyn, who firmly believes in fateful encounters, has fallen in love at first sight with more than ten people in her life. Recalling Evelyn’s shameless expression, saying that she just hadn’t met her true love yet, and that it’s only real fate if you both fall for each other, I chuckled softly.

‘Mother did say that if you can experience all the sweetness and bitterness of life that way, you won’t have any regrets.’

I closed the book and placed it on the table, and while I was contemplating whether to drink the tea that had already gone cold,

“Milady! Milady!!”

My nanny’s voice echoed through the quiet hallway leading to the study, calling for me. I was startled by the urgent cry. It was rare for loud noises to occur within the mansion.

‘What’s going on?’

As soon as I stood up, the door burst open without a knock. As soon as I faced my nanny’s tearful face as she strode in, I realized that something very big had happened.

“A letter has arrived urgently from the capital. The Countess…!”

Unable to continue speaking, the nanny handed me the letter. I desperately suppressed my ominous feeling and unfolded the letter with trembling hands. As I quickly read through the shocking contents within, I was overcome with a feeling as if the sky was falling.

‘Mother…!’

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