“Closet wants something I don’t understand?”
Klaus’s expression was impassive, but his eyes held a cold chill.
“I know very well what Closet needs. For her future, the family’s honor and wealth are essential. There’s nothing more certain in this wretched world.”
Having said this, Klaus slowly approached Roselia. His gaze was so chillingly intense that she felt paralyzed, unable to move.
“Antonio de Hesink.”
Klaus, lowering his head slightly, whispered threateningly near her ear.
“Your only task is to repay the 3,000 berangs within a year. It would be wise not to meddle beyond that. For your own sake.”
His breath was hot, but it left a cold sensation as it passed, like a sharp blade grazing near her neck.
Klaus then coldly walked away, leaving Roselia trembling from the palpable sense of danger emanating from him.
Only after the Duke had boarded his carriage and left did Roselia manage to breathe again. She now understood the novel’s description of the Duke’s gaze being able to suffocate someone.
Easing her tense nerves, Roselia made her way back to the mansion.
Near the entrance, Closet stood with crossed arms and a displeased look.
“Don’t do unnecessary things, Antonio.”
Her complaint mirrored her brother’s, and Roselia felt unnecessarily tired.
“It seems I overstepped my bounds.”
Apologizing immediately, Roselia thought about how pointless her intervention had been. Not only had she unnecessarily meddled in the Duke’s affairs, but neither the Duke nor Closet had appreciated it.
With a bitter feeling, Roselia bowed to Closet and started to leave.
“Come down for dinner later,” Closet said brusquely before disappearing into the mansion. Roselia watched her leave, confused, then slowly headed to her room.
Dinner time came quickly. Roselia, dressed in a poet shirt and comfortable pants, sat down at the table.
Closet, still wearing the hairstyle Roselia had done, sat there in her indoor clothes. Watching her, Roselia smiled internally but snapped back to reality at Closet’s voice.
“You seem skilled with women’s hair…”
Closet’s gaze was as sharp as her brother’s, and Roselia swallowed hard.
“I used to help my sister with her hair.”
“Your sister?”
“Yes, after my father passed, we had to let go of all our servants… I often had to do it myself.”
Of course, Antonio doing hair was an impossibility, but since Roselia had to do her own hair after the servants were gone, it wasn’t entirely a lie.
“Where is your sister now?”
“She died. Of the same illness as my father.”
Ironically, she was discussing her own death, but she didn’t feel particularly emotional about it.
But Roselia’s calm, almost indifferent response seemed to shock Closet so much that she dropped her spoon.
“She died…?”
Was it because Closet was still young and not accustomed to the concept of death?
“Yes, it wasn’t long ago. The death has been officially reported.”
“Antonio…”
Closet, too, had lost her parents and was living only with her brother, Klaus.
Roselia and Antonio were virtually strangers, yet, in a way, she might have felt a connection to her own situation.
“Would you mind doing my hair sometimes…?”
What’s with those teary eyes?
It seemed like Closet had seriously misunderstood something, but Roselia didn’t feel the need to correct her and just awkwardly smiled.
“Were you close with your sister…?”
Roselia, recalling the original Antonio, sweat profusely and forced a laugh. Their last encounter was incredibly hostile, to say the least.
“Yes, well…”
“You must be quite distressed since your sister passed away recently…”
“Well… yes?”
Something about the conversation felt off…
While it was technically true, it somehow made Klaus seem even more heartless, making Roselia uncomfortable.
“Don’t worry. As long as you stick with me, that cold-hearted man won’t be able to harass you.”
That’s a bit troublesome… Especially since Roselia had to turn the 20 berangs she received from Klaus into 500 within two months, or else Klaus might literally skin her for it. She couldn’t afford to be Closet’s exclusive servant all day long.
“That’s a bit difficult. To repay the Duke’s debt, I have other tasks to handle. Of course, I’m not refusing to be your ‘il domestico’, but I hope you can also respect my time.”
Closet’s expression soured slightly at Roselia’s firm response.
“How much is the debt you owe? Is the salary as my ‘il domestico’ not enough to repay it?”
Being Closet’s ‘il domestico’ and receiving an additional 500 gran per week from Closet’s nanny was not nearly enough to repay a debt of 3,200 berangs.
Would she be able to stay undiscovered and alive that long? Roselia shuddered at the thought of Klaus’s threatening gaze.
“The salary you’re offering isn’t enough.”
Closet seemed offended by Roselia’s blunt answer.
“How much do you owe?”
“5,000 berangs. Well, after selling the Hesink mansion, it’s around 3,200 berangs now.”
Closet froze, mouth agape, upon hearing Roselia’s calm revelation. Evidently, even she couldn’t easily come up with 3,000 berangs.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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