Chapter 299: Please Love Me Instead
Arabella was grateful that her husband wanted to be honest with her despite the risks of getting turned down. He was being sincere and didn’t want her to agree without knowing what she was agreeing to.
Thus, she wanted to respond in turn and be honest with him too. After all, she truly wasn’t the kind of pure soul he thought either.
"Ferdinand, I know I am weak and you are strong. But there are other ways to kill. I can plot your death and let you die without having to do it myself. And you are wrong if you think I am a pure innocent girl. I have killed people. I have a ton of lives on my hands. I didn’t stab them myself nor slit their throats but it’s my fault they died. I plotted their death so it’s the same as me killing them. Are you sure you still want a wife like me?"
’Why am I saying all these? What if he changed his mind?’
But it was thousands of years or more they were talking about. She cannot possibly agree to this without giving Ferdinand a clue that she was not what he thought she was. She has to give him a clue she wasn’t just the pure and innocent little princess he once met.
[What’s the meaning of these?! She’s not lying. I have never seen this look in her eyes before, but this is the look of someone who had indeed killed people. Why would she need to plot people’s deaths herself? Didn’t they protect her so she wouldn’t have to be involved in matters like this?]
Ferdinand blinked repeatedly as he stared at her in disbelief.
Arabella gulped nervously. What would she do now if Ferdinand truly changes his mind?
"You’ve been through a lot. I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize it sooner," Ferdinand hugged her instead.
’Huh? Did he listen to what I just told him?’ Arabella was at a loss for words.
"Arabella, I will protect you from now on so you do not have to shed blood with these hands. Leave the plotting to Alwin and my cohorts. And leave all the killing to me. Whoever they are whom you want to get rid of, just tell me and I will do it for you. There’s no need for you to plot and shed blood yourself anymore. I will do it for you. I will be your sword," Ferdinand even caressed her cheek gently while saying such terrifying things.