Married a Secret Billionaire

Persephone's final design experiment was set to take place in a fireworks factory, and she put in a lot of preparatory work for it.

This fireworks factory was under royal management, so she was often seen entering and leaving with Christopher.

There were murmurs in the palace, and these bits of gossip quickly spread outside.

Morpheus also caught wind of some information outside the palace.

In the cafe, he sat quietly by the bed. The sunlight was still bright today, and the place remained empty without any patrons. A sign hung outside the courtyard door, indicating a temporary closure. It had been there for many years.

Since he left Southeast Aciatic, this courtyard hadn't seen any visitors.

Alfred Farrar placed a cup of hot black tea in front of Morpheus while his wife, Marie Farrar, was busy cleaning inside and outside. Both exchanged a glance, shaking their heads in resignation, and sighed.

Back then.

Kaiden, the military general of Southeast Aciatic, conspired with foreign powers and incited rebellion, threatening the regime. The Harrises, also a military family, mobilized a considerable force but returned unsuccessfully.

Kaiden's preparations had been too thorough, catching the Harrises and the Southeast Aciatic royal family off guard.

20s, full of youthful vigor, and aimed to make a name for himself. Yet, he

was unclear whether it was Kaiden's consideration

despite the hardships, the goddess of victory ultimately

cost was forever bearing the heavy cross of killing his own

as the god of war, but only he knew that the title was written with

coupled with PTSD after the war, led him into severe depression. He resigned from the royal service, renounced his position as

and living an ordinary life would

his depression kept recurring. Every night, he was haunted by nightmares. Helpless, he had no choice but to leave Southeast Aciatic and

himself, wanting to become a rat in the gutter, a cockroach everyone loathed. He won fight after fight on

expected Persephone to appear in his life in that way. He didn't know how she redeemed him,

had some videos from tabloid accounts continuously playing. They were grainy, blurred footage of Persephone and Christopher together. These videos had been taken secretly and falsely portrayed the two sneaking out of the palace for romantic escapades