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Falling for his warm touch despite his usual coldness, she loved him only to be disappointed and betrayed in the end.

When love turns to darkness, it festers to be poisonous and consumes the soul.

The naïve Arabella evolved.

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“Thank you for becoming my wife,” was her cold husband’s last words before he died, coupled with a smile that had never before graced his lips. Not on their wedding day. And not even at the birth of their only child.

Emperor Ferdinand, someone Arabella loved so much, killed their son. 

She became a villainess and vowed revenge for her beloved child. 

For a decade, she used everything she could to make Ferdinand pay.

Until finally… he fell to ruin!

With her revenge complete, Arabella's life soon ended with her dead husband in her arms.

But fate wasn’t done playing with her. 

All of a sudden, she was back two decades ago right after their wedding.

Was it a curse or a blessing?

It didn’t matter. Because there is only one thing she needed to do.

“I will ruin you in this lifetime too!” 

This was her hateful promise to herself upon realizing she was reborn.

But in her second life, Arabella was unexpectedly bestowed a gift to uncover the truth.

Who was wrong and who was right? 

Only time will tell.

Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress

It was his first time meeting children who did not think he was a monster because of his abilities.

"Oh, and they gave me a lot of stuff. I have to send a letter to my father. I need to send them gifts as well. I have a lot of toys I did not even use. Or, maybe, I should ask Father to buy new ones since Alice might not like the toys I have. Raymart might love some of them though…"

Dimo chattered energetically as he looked forward to playing with the siblings again.

After all, they had gifted Dimo some of their toys, and the latter was delighted to receive his first gift from friends for the first time in a while. Thus, he was looking forward to giving them more gifts as well.

Arabella smiled and simply listened to Dimo spill his excitement and delight from having playmates who liked him.

She reminded herself to arrange a schedule so the kids could meet up more often even if she was busy and could not go with Dimo.

Chapter 705: We Can Be Strategic