Too Late, My Dragon Lord Ex

“"She is exhausted from taking care of a sick child! My heart-scale on this nightgown helps heal her! What does it matter if you lend it to her for a few days?! When did you become so vicious and cold-blooded?!" My fated mate, the Dragon Lord, protectively cradled his weeping mistress in his arms, unleashing his crushing draconic aura to force me to my knees to apologize to her. And all of this was simply because I slapped the woman who had defiled my sacred nesting chamber and put on my clothes. But I had poured six months of blood and sweat into preparing that nest, and that nightgown was embedded with his own heart-scale-the very scale he swore would protect me forever! When I refused to yield, he ordered his guards to drag me toward the Obsidian Tower-a pitch-black prison for the insane. "Lock her up for five days! Let her sober up in the dark until she crawls out begging for my forgiveness!" He didn't know that in my past life, walking into this tower marked the beginning of my true nightmare. During those five days, his mistress frantically spread rumors that I had gone feral. I was eventually dragged to the execution pyre by the outraged Clan. As the flames devoured my flesh, he ignored my agonizing screams, busy comforting his fake-crying mistress. I was left to burn alive, smelling my own roasting flesh. Reborn on the exact day I was locked away, I didn't struggle. Five days later, he stood outside the heavy iron doors, wearing a self-righteous smile, waiting for me to grovel. Instead, I smashed a chilling declaration of a "Rejection Ritual" right into his hypocritical face! "Keep the chamber, and keep the parasite." I coldly watched his smug smile freeze and shatter, then demanded, "Our engagement is over. Get your three million gold coins ready, Collin. That is the exact price for ending our contract and repaying my family's investments." He scoffed, absolutely certain that a Dragonless woman would eventually become the laughingstock of high society without his protection. He had no idea that I already held the deadly treasonous secrets of his corrupt military suppliers, and used them to extort my first pot of gold. Next, I will build my own network, completely cut off his domain's financial lifeline, and expose his parasitic nature to the entire kingdom. When his proud Dragon Castle is drowned in crippling debt and completely hollowed out by me, I can't wait to see how he protects his precious little parasite!”