The Mind-Reading Mate Why Is the Lycan King So Obsessed With Me novel Chapter 338

Chapter 338: The Queen’s Gentle Action (II)

Primrose pulled a chair closer and sat beside the bed. She placed the flowers into a vase that had been empty for far too long, then filled it carefully with fresh water.

"There," Primrose said with a gentle smile. "Doesn’t that look better? If you ever want more, just tell me! I’ll bring you as many flowers as you like."

Lorelle’s gaze lingered on the vase, the sight of it stirring something she hadn’t felt in a long while. After a pause, she whispered, "This ... is enough." Her voice softened even more as she added, "Thank you."

[I still can’t believe Edmund managed to pull off someone as beautiful and adorable as her.] Lorelle suddenly thought. [Did he use black magic to win her heart?]

Primrose nearly choked on air when she caught the thought. Really? Shouldn’t people be asking what kind of black magic she had used to capture Edmund’s heart?

Her husband was the perfect package, and Primrose doubted she would ever find another man as sweet as him.

"I think Ms. Susan baked these cookies for you before she left." Primrose lifted one from the basket and offered it to Lorelle with a gentle smile. "I made sure they’re soft enough for your teeth, so you won’t have trouble chewing."

Lorelle hesitated for a moment before taking the cookie from Primrose’s hand. She bit into it carefully, nibbling little by little.

Leofric had once told Primrose that Lorelle used to love sweets, often sneaking more than she should. But after her illness, she could no longer eat them the way she once did because her teeth had grown too fragile.

Primrose’s heart ached at the thought. If she had suffered the same fate, she was sure she would have cried every day.

"I heard you used to work at the Magic Tower," Primrose said lightly, easing into conversation so it wouldn’t feel like a burden.

"Yes," Lorelle replied with a small nod. "I believe Leofric or Edmund must have already mentioned it to you."

Primrose returned the nod. "They did. But ... neither of them ever told me about your life before you became a wizard of the Magic Tower."

Lorelle set the cookie down and let out a soft chuckle, though there was little humor in it. "There’s nothing interesting about my life before that. My parents died when I was young, and I was raised by my aunt on her farm. If I hadn’t been born with strong magical energy, I would have ended up as a farmer like her."

Her smile faded, and for a moment, her gaze dropped to her hands.

[But maybe that would have been better than becoming a living corpse like this,] Lorelle thought bitterly. [I should have listened to my aunt when she warned me that chasing this path would only destroy me.]

Primrose pressed her lips into a thin line. She hadn’t expected her simple question to touch an old wound in Lorelle’s heart. Realizing that, she chose to hold her tongue, searching for something lighter to say.

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