All Chapters of Never To Be Loved Again: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

“Alicia.”Not long after she arrived at the Queen’s Palace, Ivan made his way towards her. He saw his wife combing her hair in front of a mirror after having a quick bath.Mrs. Cessley noticed the mood would soon turn awry from what she knew. She excused herself as Alicia let down her comb.Alicia’s eyes glanced to the side, looking at his face reflected in the mirror.“I heard what happened. That you came back because you’re unwell. Did anything else happen? Have you gotten better?”Ivan approached Alicia from behind, wrapping her in a gentle hug. He stroked her hair, kissed her on the cheek, and sought her lips.Alicia accepted his advancements, staring at him with half-closed eyes.His mouth dug her sweet tongue and explored every inch of her for a while before realizing something was amiss. He pulled his lips away and looked up. Eyes devoid of emotion stared back at him in the mirror.“Alicia?”It was as if she was a doll made of ice. Her half-closed icy blue eyes, lifeless face…

After getting off the carriage, Patricia right away went to enter the brightly lit mansion. As the employees in the building noticed her and frowned, Patricia slowly made a smirk.This was good, as she was in a bad mood.“Kya!!”Patricia slapped down the maid that was right next to her. As the maid collapsed onto the floor and grasped her slapped cheek, she glared at Patricia.Patricia didn’t like that look she gave.“Argh! W-Why are you doing this! Stop, please!”As Patricia grabbed her hair and shook it, the maid ended up crying as she begged. Without even a bit of remorse, Patricia pulled even harder on her hair. Screams of the maid echoed throughout as her hair ripped out from her scalp. A handful of brown hair was left in her hand as it was ripped from her head and scattered onto the floor.It had all happened before anyone could even try to stop her.“How strange. You already know this was going to happen, yet you still go against me like this. Why? Why do you all keep being lik

What she realized was that though they craved her body, she’ll latch onto the position of a noble wife with her status as an illegitimate child haunting her.Though men praised her for her beauty endlessly, mouthings words of love, they were only willing to give her the position of mistress and nothing more. She had nothing, no noble family backing her nor riches. Her position meant that she’d be thrown away soon as she ages and loses her beauty.It was why she sought so desperately to gain the title of a viscount’s wife. And now, she was a mistress to a count. She thought she’d be satisfied with this success, content with it. Had she not chanced a glimpse of the king’s face while visiting the grave of her father, perhaps this thought would have remained the same.“Haaa!”As she shook her body while riding the count, she let out a loud, pleasurable moan. The count’s plain face in front of her soon turned to a handsome face with black hair. He smiled at her, purple eyes looking at her

“My Queen, is it alright to speak my thoughts out?”Nodding lightly, Alicia said, “It’s fine. Go ahead.”“I’m not exactly sure the problems you and His Majesty have, My Queen, but know that he cares and loves you, deeply so. If you knew how much he’d changed after you came here, you’d be quite surprised. He smiles more often now, he’s less tense and more carefree. And… he nags less and less.”“He’s changed that much?”Mrs. Cessley laughed and nodded.“Why of course. In the past, he didn’t have much free time like he did now. He was quite crazy and always had something preoccupying his mind. He was someone who didn’t know when to stop working. I’ve never seen him relax, not even once to take a break. It was as if he was reaching towards an unattainable goal. And then he met you…”Mrs. Cessley spoke of everything, in great details, all that had occurred over the past six years of Ivan’s life: how he rallied the nobles to his side while managing to hide it from his mother as he grew into

She wanted to honestly let out the words that the sole reason she’s pushing him away was not that she didn’t like him, but the memories of her past still haunted her to this day.But she couldn’t…It was an unbelievable claim, and even if Ivan believed in it, it’d not solve the situation for she had already believed that she was not meant to be with Ivan.Perhaps it would have been better if she didn’t have the memories of her past. Thinking so, Alicia smiled bitterly. Maybe she’d not fear the unknown nor the future she knew would happen… and maybe… she’d not push him away like this either.Alicia grabbed the blanket sitting next to the couch and spread it on top of him. The temperature of the room was too cold to leave him without warmth.That’s right…She’s only making sure his cold doesn’t worsen…This was the only reason, the justification she made in her mind as she walked back to her room and quietly closed the door.***Basil stared at the king’s face with a wildly blank expres