Behemoth's Pet - Chapter 162: Absolutely Not

Xia Ning is betrayed by her boyfriend who wants to marry another girl from a rich and powerful family.

Just when she encounters a lot of difficulties in her career and love life and feels helpless, she meets a military commander named Yi Yunrui, who is always on her side to support her and help her out of troubles.

With a good-looking face, well-shaped body, rich family background and loyalty to love, Yi Yunrui is the perfect “Mr. Right” in every girl’s dream.

The military commander claims that he has known Xia Ning for a long time, while Xia seems to know little about him.

How does Yi Yunrui know Xia Ning? What happened between the two before the story even begins? Will Xia Ning fall in love with Yi Yunrui under his unremitting efforts? Just start reading and find out.

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Starting from today, I am retired. But what should I be doing? I neither have the skills, nor the mind to do business, my only advantage is this pair of hands which have taken this world. What a headache…

Note: The usage of the term “retired” here doesn’t mean retiring from old age, work etc. It’s a specific term to refer to not involving oneself in the affairs of a certain society.

A villainess known by all as a wicked woman who has done all sorts of evil deeds—Ducal Lady Violet.
She regained her memories of her previous life after she fell into a lake and almost died.
The very moment she woke up, she immediately visited her father, Duke Everett, and asked one thing.

“Please confine me to the annex.”

And so, she imprisoned herself there.
Now that Violet was secluded away from the world’s criticism and reproach,
She immersed herself in her previous life’s memories and started painting them.

“What the hell are you up to this time?”

Everyone was suspicious of just what she might be scheming.
However, the misunderstandings surrounding her gradually got resolved one at a time…

“Pretend to be my lover and join the social circle.”

Selena, the top star that had the entire world’s attention, was suddenly warped to Northern Duke’s land during an accident while filming. Kalcion, the Northern Duke that saved her from the infernal beasts, offers Selena a chance to go back home in return for collecting information in various social circles by pretending to be his lover. Selena quickly accepts Kalcion’s offer, but…

“Why in the world can’t you do this!?”
“Don’t you think that the answer to that should be obvious to you, the actress, not to me, the duke?”

There was a critical problem. The Northern Duke’s acting skills are horrible!

“…Let’s change the plan. I’ll seduce you instead.”

And thus the contractual relationship between the two started. Will Kalcion’s acting skill improve first, or will he start to have true feelings for Selena instead?