I Became the Wife of a Monstrous Crown Prince (PART 2)

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“I didn’t think we’d get married. I didn’t even dare to dream of it. You know, I’ve got the curse. I won’t live that long, but until then, I want to protect you. This place will be a strong fence for you until you become an adult. You’ll be free once I die.”

Blake hoped that Ancia wouldn’t be frustrated by their marriage, so he prepared what he would say to her and practiced hard.

But the reality was not as he thought. When he came back to his room after the wedding, he took off his mask, and Ancia came in.

When Ancia saw his face, she closed the door and ran out. Blake didn’t get a chance to say what he had prepared beforehand.

That day, Ancia fell into the lake. He thought she was so shocked to see his face that she tried to kill herself.

Blake saved Ancia from drowning in the lake.

“If-if you truly hate me…! “

She didn’t have to think of them as a couple. No, he couldn’t even dream of that in the first place. He was cursed and didn’t have very long to live. He only wanted to protect her until then.

The words that he had practiced so diligently every day refused to come out. Ancia lost consciousness while Blake panicked and cried.

He forgot that he was a monster. A soul cursed by the goddess. He was the most terrible being in the world.

‘Right, there’s no benefit in being next to me. What if Ancia dies because of me?’

Blake blamed himself. Ancia might want to divorce him as soon as she wakes up.

He really had an impossible dream. The servants all despised him. She must’ve hated it when she got married to him.

‘What if she blames me for saving her? What if she says she’s better off dead?’

He was afraid.

Then a few days later, Ancia came to his room.

“Don’t-don’t look!”

Blake hid under the blankets hurriedly in panic. If she saw his face again, Ancia would surely hate him. But Ancia took Blake’s blanket away, and she even took off his mask.

Ancia looked at Blake’s face as she said, “You’re not hideous.”

It was an unexpected remark. She also said that she fell by mistake and thanked him for saving her.

“I like you.”

She said something that he thought he’d never hear again.

“Me too. I like you too.”

Blake confessed his feelings shyly. He professed his true feelings, and not the false remarks that he had prepared in advance.

Ancia held Blake’s hand as they fell asleep together.

Ever since Blake was cursed, he had always been plagued by nightmares every night.

He couldn’t remember the contents very well. All he could recall was a hot flame and a woman’s piercing scream.

When he opened his eyes, his body ached all over, and when he fell asleep, he had nightmares. There wasn’t a single moment when he felt at peace.

But strangely, he didn’t have any nightmares that night. He felt as if he was enveloped by a warm light. The next day too, he fell into a deep, comfortable sleep. Ever since he started sleeping with Ancia, his nightmares disappeared.