Chapter 1714: War Without Victors (164)
This was indeed Yanila's true thought. She truly could not see through what that woman was thinking.
In Yanila's eyes, Isobel's warmth and friendliness did not seem feigned at all, and that was precisely why she found the other woman so frightening.
"So... this is Isobel's open scheme. She does not even need to do anything. We will willingly crawl into the carefully woven birdcage ourselves and become Albert's canaries." Catherine had only suddenly realized this afterward, but she did not actually care much about such things. Valeria was the best example—she had been racking her brains trying to squeeze into the cage!
When all was said and done, none of Albert's lovers cared about such matters. Otherwise, they would not be living in such harmony now.
Catherine brought it up directly with Yanila mostly because she felt the other girl's goal was much like her own. That was also the main reason she had taken the initiative to bathe with the girl. It definitely was not because she wanted to take advantage of her.
"Canaries? That really is quite a... description."
Yanila had never thought of herself as a canary, much less believed Albert's other lovers were canaries.
"Canaries have their own happiness too, and this is something both sides are willing to do."
After saying that, Catherine cupped Yanila's cheeks in both hands, leaned in, and kissed the girl's lips, making her eyes widen involuntarily.
"You..."
Yanila froze for a moment before finally breaking free from Catherine.
"Your kissing technique is really terrible. You need to spend more time practicing." Catherine paid no attention to Yanila's strange look and explained with a smile, "I doubt Albert has any spare time to teach you how to kiss, so we will have to teach