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

As they laid in bed, Theodore on his back with Lydia in his arms, her legs swung over his, and his large palm rested on her thighs, his pinky swiping leisurely left and right.

Lydia looked up at him through her lashes, "How did you get to have conan as your person?"

"He was sent to kill me by my step mother" Theodore dropped.

"He failed" she mumbled, her fingers making circles on his chest.

"Without doubt" Theodore let out but he didn't sound as cocky as the words interpretted. "He never did try to hurt me, he hated her" he added.

Lydia laughed. "She must've been too arrogant to not notice" her opinion.

"Her intelligence is not something to go by" Theodore confirmed.

"Gooseberry I should have protected you better" Theodore said suddenly, solemnly.

Commander Zamora's Plan.