Chapter 291 Her Desire for Control
Mia fidgeted on the sofa, shooting a quick look at the maid, silently begging her to go get James and Terry.
Before the maid could even move, Ethan's gaze pinned her down. "Try that again without my say-so, and you're out of The Martinez Estate. I'll make sure everyone knows you got kicked out for...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Two Wives?
2. Chapter 2 Provocation
3. Chapter 3 Isn't This a Mistress?
4. Chapter 4 The Hypocritical Mia
5. Chapter 5 Don't Compare Me to Others
6. Chapter 6 Not Qualified
7. Chapter 7 Requesting an Audience with the King
8. Chapter 8 Unworthy
9. Chapter 9 It's Not a Lot of Money
10. Chapter 10 The Penniless Martinez Family
11. Chapter 11 Write an IOU
12. Chapter 12 The Empty Shell The Martinez Family
13. Chapter 13 Suspicion
14. Chapter 14 Despicable Tactics
15. Chapter 15 That Money Must Belong to the Martinez Family
16. Chapter 16 I Want to Audit the Accounts
17. Chapter 17 The Martinez Family is Actually This Poor
18. Chapter 18 Encounter with Assassination
19. Chapter 19 Sword Light Under the Moon
20. Chapter 20 The Envoy from the Royal City
21. Chapter 21 Greedy Murderous Intent
22. Chapter 22 You're Still Alive?
23. Chapter 23 Confession Without Coercion
24. Chapter 24 Leaving with Nothing
25. Chapter 25 The Royal Decree Arrives
26. Chapter 26 The Future of the Davis Family
27. Chapter 27 No Longer Related
28. Chapter 28 Not a Wife
29. Chapter 29 The Martinez Family, Living in Fear
30. Chapter 30 You Forced Him to Death
31. Chapter 31 Going Home
32. Chapter 32 Full of Doubts
33. Chapter 33 No Wedding Gifts
34. Chapter 34 Wedding Banquet
35. Chapter 35 Disdain Form Other Nobles
36. Chapter 36 I'll Kill Them
37. Chapter 37 Does She Still Love Him?
38. Chapter 38 He Thinks Too Highly of Himself
39. Chapter 39 She Knows Archery Too?
40. Chapter 40 A Letter from the Battlefield
41. Chapter 41 Embarrassed Ethan
42. Chapter 42 He Came All the Way to the Capital
43. Chapter 43 Preparing for the Wedding
44. Chapter 44 Wedding Turmoil
45. Chapter 45 The Couple Ditching Their Wedding Ceremony
46. Chapter 46 Mia Faints from Anger
47. Chapter 47 Who's to Blame?
48. Chapter 48 Terry, the Scapegoat
49. Chapter 49 Chase's Reply
50. Chapter 50 Alliance?
51. Chapter 51 Envoys from the South
52. Chapter 52 Ava's Determination
53. Chapter 53 Thought You Were Something Special
54. Chapter 54 Terry's Visit
55. Chapter 55 Planning
56. Chapter 56 The Sword Skuld
57. Chapter 57 The Garrison of Valnexa
58. Chapter 58 Prince Harris
59. Chapter 59 Rocky Mountains
60. Chapter 60 The Mysterious Case from a Year Ago
61. Chapter 61 Long Time No See
62. Chapter 62 Do You Still Have Feelings for Her?
63. Chapter 63 How Can You Hit a Woman?
64. Chapter 64 News from the Eastern Front
65. Chapter 65 Did Ava Run Away?
66. Chapter 66 Punishing the Martinez Family
67. Chapter 67 The First Battle
68. Chapter 68 The Feeling of Battle
69. Chapter 69 Late Night Attack
70. Chapter 70 The Second Sword of the Davis Family
71. Chapter 71 Family
72. Chapter 72 The Best Choice
73. Chapter 73 The Seed of Hatred
74. Chapter 74 Empty City?
75. Chapter 75 Showdown
76. Chapter 76 Bison in Rut
77. Chapter 77 Tracking the Deserter
78. Chapter 78 Mountain Residence
79. Chapter 79 The Food Rescue Mission
80. Chapter 80 Fire in the Valley
81. Chapter 81 The Rising Star
82. Chapter 82 Ava Became Knight Captain!
83. Chapter 83 Meeting Someone
84. Chapter 84 Tombstone in the Wind
85. Chapter 85 I Want to Know What You Think
86. Chapter 86 Arrival of Reinforcements
87. Chapter 87 You're Not Worth It
88. Chapter 88 Why Ava
89. Chapter 89 Friends Come to Help
90. Chapter 90 Twisted Ethan
91. Chapter 91 I Want to Know the Real Story
92. Chapter 92 Events A Year Ago
93. Chapter 93 I Won't Just Accept It
94. Chapter 94 Inducing Ethan
95. Chapter 95 Rumors Spread
96. Chapter 96 Anyone Else Want to Challenge me?
97. Chapter 97 The Fight Widens
98. Chapter 98 She's on Another Level Entirely
99. Chapter 99 Sophia's Challenge
100. Chapter 100 All In
101. Chapter 101 Just Wait for My Victory
102. Chapter 102 One Move Victory
103. Chapter 103 Refusing to Admit Defeat
104. Chapter 104 You Controlled Yourself
105. Chapter 105 The Polished Beauty and the Wild Beauty
106. Chapter 106 The Real Purpose of Zotburg
107. Chapter 107 Sophia's Resentment
108. Chapter 108 Discussion
109. Chapter 109 Are You Going to Betray Me?
110. Chapter 110 The Horn of Attack
111. Chapter 111 I Don't Want to Die
112. Chapter 112 Stepping Stones
113. Chapter 114 Why Didn't You Stop Her
114. Chapter 113 Pursuing Fleeing Enemies
115. Chapter 115 Villet Empire Admitted Defeated
116. Chapter 116 Sophia Was Caught
117. Chapter 117 Truth
118. Chapter 118 A Narrow-Minded Coward
119. Chapter 119 Twisted Sophia
120. Chapter 120 A Mother's Wrath
121. Chapter 121 Sophia Humiliated
122. Chapter 122 She Wanted to Survive
123. Chapter 123 Damin was Furious
124. Chapter 124 Do You Know Why She Was Arrested?
125. Chapter 125 The Long Wait
126. Chapter 126 Have You Ever Loved Me?
127. Chapter 127 The Nonexistent Answer
128. Chapter 128 Joy and Sorrow
129. Chapter 129 Rude Demands
130. Chapter 130 Someone's Looking for you
131. Chapter 131 Apology
132. Chapter 132 Refuse to Admit
133. Chapter 133 Meeting Sophia
134. Chapter 134 Everything You Have is Because of Me
135. Chapter 135 Do you Really Deserve it
136. Chapter 136 Joy of Victory
137. Chapter 137 Nina's Plan
138. Chapter 138 Farce at the Ball
139. Chapter 139 It Can't Be Sophia
140. Chapter 140 The New Knight Commander
141. Chapter 141 Shifting Hatred
142. Chapter 142 Sophia's Self-Proclaimed Nobility and Purity
143. Chapter 143 No One Has to Risk Their Life to Save You
144. Chapter 144 The Fluttering Flag
145. Chapter 145 Triumph
146. Chapter 146 Ethan Must Divorce her
147. Chapter 147 Your Secret
148. Chapter 148 Make Sure to Set them up
149. Chapter 149 Long-lost Warmth
150. Chapter 150 Zotburg's Revenge
151. Chapter 151 Can't Let Go
152. Chapter 152 Audience with the Queen
153. Chapter 153 You Must Get Married
154. Chapter 154 Three Months
155. Chapter 155 Are There No Decent Women Left on the Battlefield?
156. Chapter 156 Sophia Goes Crazy
157. Chapter 157 Dr. Pascal Has Already Left
158. Chapter 158 Can't Save Drona
159. Chapter 159 Not Welcome Here
160. Chapter 160 Don't Go Look for Ava
161. Chapter 161 Going Home
162. Chapter 162 Why Not Consider Friedel
163. Chapter 163 Olivia's Visit
164. Chapter 164 Controversy at the Tea Party
165. Chapter 165 Only One Hundred Gold Coins Left
166. Chapter 166 The Assassin Is Still Alive
167. Chapter 167 People Who Don't Want to Save the Martinez Family
168. Chapter 168 The Feeling of Being Abandoned by Family
169. Chapter 169 Friedel's Hesitation
170. Chapter 170 Carol
171. Chapter 171 Smart Troubles
172. Chapter 172 I Want to Marry You
173. Chapter 173 I Am Your Best Choice
174. Chapter 174 I Promise
175. Chapter 175 If Friedel Wants Mistresses, I won't Stop Him
176. Chapter 176 You Didn't Even Express Your Feelings?
177. Chapter 177 I Disagree with You Marrying Her!
178. Chapter 178 Carol's Thoughts
179. Chapter 179 Prejudice
180. Chapter 180 I Don't Have A Habit of Going Easy on Women
181. Chapter 181 Meeting with Carol
182. Chapter 182 Who Exactly Lacks Manners
183. Chapter 183 Scaring Away Carol
184. Chapter 184 We Need Not Meet Again
185. Chapter 185 Apologizing in Person
186. Chapter 186 The Legendary Odette
187. Chapter 187 I Will Accompany You
188. Chapter 188 Ask About His Well-being Next Time
189. Chapter 189 The Seed of Doubt
190. Chapter 190 An Old Friend Visits
191. Chapter 191 Mother's Painting
192. Chapter 192 Unbearable Past
193. Chapter 193 I Will Protect Mother
194. Chapter 194 Receiving the Invitation
195. Chapter 195 I Must Attend for the Martinez Family
196. Chapter 196 The Martinez Family Can Actually Come Too?
197. Chapter 197 Slandering Business Proficiency
198. Chapter 198 Malicious Mother and Daughter
199. Chapter 199 Ava Appears
200. Chapter 200 No Respect
201. Chapter 201 A Tragedy for the Entire Soth Empire
202. Chapter 202 Don't Forget My Identity
203. Chapter 203 I Know You're Getting on in Years
204. Chapter 204 Aiden's Explanation
205. Chapter 205 Would You Dare to Say It Again?
206. Chapter 206 The Secret of the Corridor
207. Chapter 207 What If He Likes Me?
208. Chapter 208 Embarrassing Nina
209. Chapter 209 Who is the Lowly One
210. Chapter 210 Poking the Wrong Bear
211. Chapter 211 She's About to Marry Friedel
212. Chapter 212 Leaving the Banquet
213. Chapter 213 Why Don't I Remember You at All?
214. Chapter 214 What on Earth Happened
215. Chapter 215 The Martinez Family Is Finished
216. Chapter 216 The Child Who Should Not Exist
217. Chapter 217 Expelling From the Dawn Knights
218. Chapter 218 Blame It on Ava
219. Chapter 219 You Should Back Off
220. Chapter 220 Intimidating Carol
221. Chapter 221 Who Could Possibly Not Like Friedel?
222. Chapter 222 Go to Meet Odette
223. Chapter 223 Forcibly Entering the Princess's Manor
224. Chapter 224 The Reason to Kill Him
225. Chapter 225 Your Dirty Soul
226. Chapter 226 You Must Punish Her Severely
227. Chapter 227 How Did They Humiliate You
228. Chapter 228 Where Is the Evidence?
229. Chapter 229 Cannot Punish Her
230. Chapter 230 Bewildered Carol
231. Chapter 231 Rumors Arise
232. Chapter 232 Expenses Are Too High
233. Chapter 233 Jewelry Store Turmoil
234. Chapter 234 Natalia's Threat
235. Chapter 235 The King's Trust
236. Chapter 236 The Plan Goes Smoothly
237. Chapter 237 Expelled from the Royal City
238. Chapter 238 Unforgotten Pain
239. Chapter 239 Review Results
240. Chapter 240 Quincy's Visit
241. Chapter 241 The Flames of Vengeance
242. Chapter 242 Relearning Etiquette
243. Chapter 243 The Jennings Family's Thoughts
244. Chapter 244 Underground Auction
245. Chapter 245 Running Towards the Unknown Hope
246. Chapter 246 Arriving as Promised
247. Chapter 247 He Is Theodore
248. Chapter 248 The Mitchell Family
249. Chapter 249 Circus Mystery
250. Chapter 250 As Long As You Are Alive
251. Chapter 251 Theodore's Two Years
252. Chapter 252 The Connection Behind
253. Chapter 253 Meeting with Jeremy
254. Chapter 254 Does It Matter Who the King Is
255. Chapter 255 No Need to Worry
256. Chapter 256 Do You Like Him?
257. Chapter 257 Route
258. Chapter 258 Sign
259. Chapter 259 Good Brother
260. Chapter 260 Schemes in the Shadows
261. Chapter 261 Departure
262. Chapter 262 New Route
263. Chapter 263 Meeting of the Twin Swords
264. Chapter 264 The Original Owner of the Sword
265. Chapter 265 Successful Rendezvous
266. Chapter 266 Going Home
267. Chapter 267 The Reaction of the Graham Family
268. Chapter 268 Not Poisoned
269. Chapter 269 Patricia's Visit
270. Chapter 270 Bloodstained Flag
271. Chapter 271 Powerless Evidence
272. Chapter 272 For My Great Master
273. Chapter 273 Arriving at The Graham Manor
274. Chapter 274 The Joy of Regaining What Was Lost
275. Chapter 275 Two Years of Surveillance
276. Chapter 276 Just a Guess
277. Chapter 277 Becoming a Qualified Heir
278. Chapter 278 He Was Never an Option
279. Chapter 279 He Is Not a Bad Person
280. Chapter 280 News of the Heir
281. Chapter 281 An Unbelievable Reason
282. Chapter 282 Ethan's Good Luck
283. Chapter 283 Drunk Ethan
284. Chapter 284 Your Freedom
285. Chapter 285 Do You Still Have to Live Like This?
286. Chapter 286 Once Again Refused at the Gate
287. Chapter 287 Theodore Who Fears Bitterness
288. Chapter 288 The Desolate Martinez Estate
289. Chapter 289 If We Leave
290. Chapter 290 The James You Don't Know
291. Chapter 291 Her Desire for Control
292. Chapter 292 A Mother's Sophistry
293. Chapter 293 Sophia Falling into Madness
294. Chapter 294 The Final Compensation
295. Chapter 295 Will We Really Leave?
296. Chapter 296 There's More to His Death
297. Chapter 297 The First Time I Couldn't Respond to You
298. Chapter 298 The Beginning of Disappointment
299. Chapter 299 The Disappearing Sophia
300. Chapter 300 The Unsuitable Daughter-in-law
301. Chapter 301 The Opened Coffin
302. Chapter 302 What Does She Want to Do
303. Chapter 303 The Newly Dead
304. Chapter 304 Shawn
305. Chapter 305 I Am as Strong as Father
306. Chapter 306 The Strange Doctor
307. Chapter 307 Michael
308. Chapter 308 Believe in His Choice
309. Chapter 309 Saw When Consciousness Was Blurred
310. Chapter 310 The Best is Not to Meet
311. Chapter 311 An Inevitable Coincidence
312. Chapter 312 New Actor
313. Chapter 313 What You Need to Do
314. Chapter 314 I Told Her You Were Dead
315. Chapter 315 Who Is Behind It
316. Chapter 316 The Correct Name
317. Chapter 317 Should Not Ask Too Much
318. Chapter 318 Crumbling Emotional Barriers
319. Chapter 319 News from Kiliath
320. Chapter 320 What Role Exactly
321. Chapter 321 Do Not Want His Involvement
322. Chapter 322 Aubrey's Arrangement
323. Chapter 323 The Fearsome Gaze
324. Chapter 324 Seeing Sophia Again
325. Chapter 325 You Were Not Worthy of Pride
326. Chapter 326 It's All Because of You
327. Chapter 327 It's All Ava's Fault
328. Chapter 328 Sophia's Crime
329. Chapter 329 Does Anyone Really Love You?
330. Chapter 330 Who is Following Ethan
331. Chapter 331 The Truth of Imprisonment
332. Chapter 332 The Profound Meaning of Choice
333. Chapter 333 Flynn
334. Chapter 334 Only You Can Be King
335. Chapter 335 Finally Able to Meet Again
336. Chapter 336 You Make Me Feel Ashamed
337. Chapter 337 Could It Really Be Her Fault?
338. Chapter 338 Eternal Sealing Tower
339. Chapter 339 Cooperation Partner
340. Chapter 340 Be Careful of That Man
341. Chapter 341 Discussion Among the Clan Members
342. Chapter 342 The Silent Couple
343. Chapter 343 Are You Insulting Me?
344. Chapter 344 Take Away the Knights
345. Chapter 345 Rare Determination
346. Chapter 346 Our First Meeting
347. Chapter 347 Unexpected Guest
348. Chapter 348 The Man Leading the Lion
349. Chapter 349 The Truth from Over Twenty Years Ago
350. Chapter 350 Fake News
351. Chapter 351 I Will Pray for You
352. Chapter 352 Johnny's Reply
353. Chapter 353 Suspicion
354. Chapter 354 An Unexpected Encounter
355. Chapter 355 Former Friends
356. Chapter 356 Our Teacher
357. Chapter 357 The Initial Fate
358. Chapter 358 The Abandoned Person
359. Chapter 359 Johnny's Past
360. Chapter 360 His Ending
361. Chapter 361 Cooperation Achieved
362. Chapter 362 Goodbye Michael
363. Chapter 363 Difficult Choice to Balance
364. Chapter 364 Understanding Theodore
365. Chapter 365 Adeline's Thoughts
366. Chapter 366 The Shadow of an Old Friend
367. Chapter 367 Why Use Him
368. Chapter 368 New Ideas
369. Chapter 369 I Have a Wife
370. Chapter 370 The Heir Must Be James
371. Chapter 371 Suffocating Love
372. Chapter 372 Threat
373. Chapter 373 Nina is the Mistress!
374. Chapter 374 The Right to Choose
375. Chapter 375 Shattered Illusions
376. Chapter 376 The Final Choice
377. Chapter 377 No One Else Left
378. Chapter 378 The Reason to Live
379. Chapter 379 Answering Every Question
380. Chapter 380 Do Not Underestimate Me
381. Chapter 381 Similar Faces
382. Chapter 382 Melantha Appears
383. Chapter 383 Behind the Madness
384. Chapter 384 Don't Take Me for a Fool
385. Chapter 385 The Significance of Arranging the Wife
386. Chapter 386 The Cause of the Tragedy
387. Chapter 387 Unexpected Visitor
388. Chapter 388 Infiltrating the Ramirez Villa
389. Chapter 389 Two Routes
390. Chapter 390 The Passage to the Tower
391. Chapter 391 Passerby
392. Chapter 392 Don't Go
393. Chapter 393 Behind the Reminder
394. Chapter 394 Did Nothing Wrong
395. Chapter 395 The Strange Shawn
396. Chapter 396 The Frenzied Guard
397. Chapter 397 The Corner Illuminated by Moonlight
398. Chapter 398 The Third Party
399. Chapter 399 Secret
400. Chapter 400 The Person Called Lion
401. Chapter 401 Meeting with Shawn
402. Chapter 402 Who Are You On Earth
403. Chapter 403 The Green Past
404. Chapter 404 Cannot Let It Go
405. Chapter 405 The Unwarranted Existence...
406. Chapter 406 When We Meet Again
407. Chapter 407 Who Are You Exactly
408. Chapter 408 You Are All in Cahoots
409. Chapter 409 I Believe You
410. Chapter 410 The Overlapping Figure in the Dream
411. Chapter 411 She Will Eventually Know
412. Chapter 412 You Who Cannot Get a Response
413. Chapter 413 Unfulfillable Promise
414. Chapter 414 The Premise of Divorce Is...
415. Chapter 415 Will Not Take Your Things
416. Chapter 416 Goodbye, James
417. Chapter 417 Olivia Arrives Just in Time
418. Chapter 418 Request to See Olivia
419. Chapter 419 Help Terry
420. Chapter 420 Her Shadow Still Remains
421. Chapter 421 The Taylor Family's Choice
422. Chapter 422 The Pitch-Black Room
423. Chapter 423 The Dilemma of Identity
424. Chapter 424 One of the Reasons
425. Chapter 425 Cannot Let Him Wake Up
426. Chapter 426 Am I Really Doing the Right Thing?
427. Chapter 427 For What You Want to Protect
428. Chapter 428 Visiting Again
429. Chapter 429 The Room Next Door
430. Chapter 430 Where Is the Chance of Victory
431. Chapter 431 You Are Already Out
432. Chapter 432 The Ownership Issue of the Underground Auction
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