Leorote

Ten years of marriage.
	Known since childhood.
	Yet, he felt he had never known her.
	What he saw was a loving and gentle wife. But what he heard about her from others had always been different.

	One said she married him for his money.
	One said she seduced a Prince behind his back.
	One said she spiked her sister and sent her to a man’s bed.
	One said she tortured the servants behind his back.
	One said…
	He had heard many such things but never believed anyone.

	Until one day, he saw how she scolded his brother, slapped his sister-in-law in the face, and pushed his nephew into the pool.
	He couldn’t take it anymore and asked for a divorce but she rejected to his face.
	Then he heard the news that she obtained the shares of their company and was about to overturn his brother’s position.

	“How did she turn into a scheming wife?” he asked, not really expecting any answers.

	But he got a chance. He woke up to the day he got married.

	He thought it was his chance to get rid of the woman from his life. He would save his brother and his family from his ‘wife’. He will get a divorce from her.
	But…
	Why couldn’t he get rid of this wife at all?
	Had she been so scheming all her life? Clearly not.

	In this life, he started seeing her life the way he had not seen before. From her perspective, she had shed tears without him knowing.

	He realized that he had been a bad husband all along.

	Suddenly his life changed from trying to divorce her to changing her ‘fate’.
	Who would win in this battle?
	Her fate of becoming a scheming woman? Or his determination and … love?

#WSA2025 #Mindreading

Awakening of the Scheming Wife

But wouldn't pushing him away hurt his feelings?

Merlin was conflicted as he really did not understand how to react to his predicament.

Thus he kept his arms awkwardly in the middle of the air.

"Vernon. What do you think you are doing? You are making Brother Merlin feel awkward. Can't you see?" They did not notice when, but Helena had returned and started scolding Vernon while she pulled the man away from Merlin, trying to rescue the latter.

Merlin sighed in relief, seeing someone come to his rescue. He even gave her a smile of gratitude.

"Ahh!!" Just as he felt thankful, he felt pain from the back of his head. "What are you doing?" He asked Vernon.

"Brother Merlin, I am sorry but my watch is stuck in your hair. I can't get it out," Vernon's voice was heard right beside his ears.

Merlin closed his eyes. 'What bad luck!' He lamented to himself but did not say anything out loud.

Kids? No! Worse!