Saying so with a hearty laugh, the Duke’s appearance was so charming that it was hard to believe he was middle-aged.
His smooth smile made the uneasy feeling even more profound.
“It’s truly delightful. Oh, should I call you Viscount soon?”
With a hearty laugh, the Duke’s words caused Rozelia’s forehead to wrinkle.
Despite there being an existing title of Viscount for Viscount Bernas, Rozelia couldn’t understand the intention behind calling herself a Viscount.
“I merely had some connection with the Viscount, and I have no intention of placing myself under the Viscount’s title.”
Whether such thoughts were evident in her voice or not, the Duke, chuckling, quickly added.
“Oh, did I offend you? If it was unpleasant, I apologize sincerely.”
Despite the high rank of the Duke, he treated Rozelia, who held a much lower position than himself, courteously. Strangely, Rozelia felt uncomfortable.
Perhaps noticing her atmosphere, the Crown Princess intervened, interrupting their conversation.
“Antonio, it’s better for us to leave now.”
It seems that the Crown Princess, too, found the Duke’s unusual interest suspicious.
With a relieved heart, Rozelia nodded to the Crown Princess and the Duke.
“Then, I’ll excuse myself.”
While looking at her, the Duke maintained his smile until the end.
That smile lingered in her mind, making Rozelia uneasy.
Could he know that she mentioned the Duke Rubellio to the Viscount?
Even if the Duke’s family were well-informed, unless there was a spy in the Viscount’s residence, it would be nearly impossible.
While Rozelia was thinking about it with a serious expression, someone suddenly stopped in front of her as she walked down the corridor.
Without paying attention, Rozelia looked at the figure that had stopped in front of her, and she couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Rozelia…?”
Viscount Yucileod was looking at her with a surprised expression.
Rozelia, reflexively suppressing her voice from coming out, smiled casually and spoke with an effort.
“Oh, haha… I often hear people say that we look alike. Are you Viscount Yucileod?”
“…”
Frozen like a statue, Johannes stared at her with a bewildered expression.
In an awkward smile, Rozelia continued speaking in response to Johannes’s gaze.
“I’ve heard a lot about you from Rozelia. I am Antonio, Rozelia’s adopted older brother.”
In response to Rozelia’s words, Johannes squinted his eyes suspiciously.
“You’re Rozelia’s adopted older brother?”
“Yes, I heard that he helped Rozelia a lot. Thank you for taking care of my sister. Haha…!”
Johannes looked at Rozelia with confused eyes.
Although there was a subtle difference in the overall atmosphere, he felt a certain resemblance from appearance to demeanor.
Moreover, that black hair… Come to think of it, it was similar to the feeling and black hair of Cecilia.
But why is Rozelia pretending to be her adopted brother Antonio?
Completely showing a male appearance, and even the tone of voice and the atmosphere he exuded subtly different, if not for the scent, he would have thought it was just a man similar to Rozelia.
Johannes had a curious mind like a chimney, but he decided to pretend not to know, thinking that there must be a reason for Rozelia to impersonate Antonio.
Rozelia, who awkwardly smiled with a twitch in her lips, looked utterly cute to Johannes.
Could it be that the Lapellios family can distinguish individuals by scent?
She thought that it might be possible since there was no one to inform her otherwise.
When Johannes thought about Cecilia’s life, which must have been anything but ordinary, his heart grew heavy.
Is she performing a dual role to avoid the Duke’s attention?
The thought made his chest ache.
Don’t worry, Cecilia. No matter what happens, I’m on your side.
When you can proudly reveal that you are Yucileod’s daughter, I will give everything to you.
Until then… please wait…
To prevent parting with you due to the same reasons as the past, just until I firmly secure your position…
“It’s okay. If Rozelia is busy, I’d be happy to meet Mr. Antonio occasionally.”
“What…?”
‘Why me…’
Rozelia had to suppress the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
The smile from the Viscount, looking at her, was so poignant that she felt it must be this way.
Rozelia was on her way to her room in response to Closet’s call.
Thinking it might be about tying her hair again, without much thought, Rozelia entered the parlor where Closet was.
“Did you call for me, Lady?”
“Antonio, a letter has been sent from the Crown Princess to you.”
“To the Crown Princess?”
Is it about asking to inquire about the Small Duke?
She wondered why she sent it as a letter instead of meeting directly.
As Rozelia thought about it, she received the letter from Closet and slowly peeled off the seal, opening the envelope.
At that moment, as Rozelia was about to read the contents of the letter she pulled out, her eyes widened.
Unexpectedly, Rozelia’s mind went blank at the contents she never anticipated.
What is this…
The Small Duke died half a year ago? Moreover, a death notification to the Duke’s residence was already sent half a year ago??
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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