So he had simply shifted that risk onto her mother. If she pulled through, she would live. If she failed, she would perish.
Rita finally understood!
This plan was the best way to resolve the current situation.
Had she wrongly blamed Lord Ren Yu?
Thinking of this, the girl still felt somewhat dejected. Then she thought of something else. "Then why did Lord Ren Yu say all those sweet words to Mom? He's never even praised me... yet he said those things to Mother."
Those blush-inducing words of love that made Rita's heart race—she had thought they would be treatment reserved for her in the future.
Rita felt a little sour inside.
Although she had more or less guessed his true intentions and could understand them,
as a woman, even if she was still young, seeing the prince charming in her heart kiss another woman while holding her in his arms
was never going to feel good.
Even if that "other woman" was her own mother, it was the same.
Elsewhere.
Lis felt a scorching wave of heat within her body, continuously climbing up along her spine, circling over her head bit by bit, and finally returning to her lower abdomen.
"Mm..."
At that moment, her eyelashes trembled, and her face flushed crimson.
Her body had gone somewhat limp. If not for Mr. Ren holding her tightly, Lis felt as though she would have collapsed to the ground.
It was happening again...
This strange new sensation was far too peculiar!
Wave after wave of heat came rushing in.
Each time it struck, it tugged at the restless heartstrings of the young married woman, lifting certain emotions high into the air.
But what made Lis most uncomfortable was that these currents of heat were like a soft feather, merely tickling her