Forensic Imperial Concubine

When Harper returned to the Harmony Palace, the maids had already prepared hot water and fresh clean clothes for her. Her eyelashes trembled a little while she looked at the steam over the hot water in the bathtub. Rolando had always been so considerate to her. She had been used to it for so long that she didn't feel like anything was wrong with the way he was treating her. But right then, Harper realized that she had been sitting on pins and needles all this time.

"Hmm?" Patrick tried to speak but it sounded more of a squeak. It looked at Harper in confusion. It couldn't understand what she was thinking.

Harper put the creature down and said, "I'm fine."

Harper started dipping herself into the tub while Patrick was playing outside. Suddenly, it heard Harper call it. Instantly, its eyes lit up. It dashed to the screen and looked up at Harper, drooling a little. 'Are you finally willing to let me see you naked?' it thought.

"Matthew has arrived in the capital, right?" Harper asked. She then sank into the water, leaving only her head above it. Patrick jumped unto the bathtub and stood on its edge. Then, it couldn't help but regretfully sigh. The water was covered by petals, so it couldn't see anything in the tub, no matter how hard it tried.

"Hmmm, Hmmm," Patrick answered, without much energy.

"If he has arrived in the capital, why hasn't he come to me?" Harper asked in confusion. With how she knew her husband, Matthew would have come to her as soon as he arrived, so she couldn't understand why he hadn't.

only jumped here and there, but

asked. From the happiness in Patrick's eyes, she could clearly figure out that it was taking pleasure in Matthew's misfortune. It was as if seeing Matthew being

him

the edge of the bathtub. When Harper noticed that it was evidently imitating someone, the corner

be serious. While looking straight on, it suddenly turned around with

expression on Harper's face. Imagining what it was about to see, it felt very excited. All of a sudden, however, its head was grabbed and directly pressed into the water. It happened so fast that Patrick couldn't even react, so it was actually choked by the water. When it finally raised its head, Harper was already

that as a Holy Beast, it could not be pushed around so easily. However, before it could reach Harper, she slapped the creature with her towel.

would hit the wall as a result of Harper's force. To its surprise, it was caught by someone, who then asked, "Harper, is this

head to look at the direction of the voice. It was not until then that she realized Rolando had come to her quarters. He was staring at Patrick, which he had

"Patrick," Harper responded.

beast quickly jumped into Harper's arms and buried its head on her arms. It was as if the creature was declaring that Harper belonged to

her semi-dry hair and placed it behind her. Staring at Rolando quietly, she