I_Nana_Firdausi

"I have waited for you in all of my lives, Gooseberry, and in all of them you had left. Please stay in this one," he pleaded, his eyes locked with hers.

"I wish to stay too, My Lord Husband, because you are forever, Theodore," she whispered, tears glistening in her eyes.

In a world where Lydia Statham, an illegitimate girl shunned as an abomination, is confined to her noble-born family’s estate, her only escape comes through books and stories of the outside world. But destiny intervenes when she receives an invitation to a bridal pick banquet at one of Critic Arley’s grandest mansions. What was supposed to be a chance for a new beginning soon becomes a solitary encounter with Lord Theodore, a feared outcast and enemy of the Empire.

Lord Theodore, of royal blood but without a surname, has never desired a wife, and the idea of cohabiting with a woman seems unfathomable. Yet, at the banquet thrown by Conan, where every young lady was invited, only Lydia appears. Now, Theodore must confront his deepest reservations as he navigates the ritualistic demands and unearths feelings he never anticipated.

In a tale of forbidden desires and unspoken promises, every season, every day, and forever, Theodore's life will revolve around the ritual that is Lydia—his chosen, his fate.

No one came but her. His Gooseberry.


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"Call me Lordess Theodore" 
"I am Lordess Theodore and I am his favourite ritual" 


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Lord Theodore's Favorite Ritual

"Do not thank me lady Theodore, this mansion has made me significantly improve" he responded sweetly.

Lydia chuckled before she glanced at the maid. Joyous had been on the sidelines since. "Are you the nice one, Joyous was talking about?" she directed her question to Gabriel.

"No, he is a menace" Joyous spat, out of turn but in her defence she was furious.

Gabriel chuckled, his curly hair bouncing.

"I see," Lydia said with a smile of her own.

She took her seat on the couch, picked back her book and tried to resume her reading but then she recalled.

"Joyous give them more food, they should grow into fine men for Critic Arley" she pointed out.

Recognising Gabriel.