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.

and aimed to make a name for himself. Yet, he didn't expect his first battle to be

Kaiden's consideration for the

strategy, but despite the hardships, the

but the cost was forever bearing the heavy cross

in Southeast Aciatic revered him as the god of war, but only he

severe depression. He resigned from the royal

thought keeping busy and living an

Every night, he was haunted by nightmares. Helpless, he had no choice but to leave Southeast Aciatic and head to Flinge, where he endured a period of dark and dismal

wanting to become a rat in the gutter, a cockroach everyone loathed. He won fight after fight on the dirty underground ring, hoping to wash away

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

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