“Lady Vee, you don’t have to make too much effort for me.”
“But it seems cruel to ask you to escort me all the way to the Mansion of Light.”
“No, it’s not. It’s my duty.”
My lips curled into a slight smile as I slightly bowed my head.
While escorting me, Adrian seemed unaware of yesterday’s confession, thanks to the maids.
When Adrian’s sincere voice reached my ears again, we had arrived at the front gate of the Mansion of Light.
“Lady Vee, there’s no need for you to rush a decision for my sake.”
As his calm voice reached me, I suddenly raised my head.
In his usual manner, I saw a gentle wave in the purplish-red eyes directed at me.
“Of course, I hope it’s not the case, but just in case… Even if you don’t choose me, Lady Vee.”
“Adrian.”
Gazing at me with a somewhat embarrassed expression, Adrian let out a faint smile.
“Consider it as giving me time to prepare my heart. It could happen anytime, but if I’m rejected immediately…”
“…”
“It seems it would hurt a bit more.”
After saying that, Adrian’s finger gently brushed against the back of my hand.
His gaze, as if fervently wishing for something he couldn’t hold onto, lingered on the back of my hand for a while.
“So, please don’t rush. Waiting for you, Lady Vee, is the happiest thing for me, just like it has been.”
Adrian finally wrapped his fingers around my hand, and his lips gently touched the back of it.
“Just remember that my heart is always by your side. That’s all you need to remember.”
Receiving Adrian’s farewell, as I stepped into the Mansion of Light, I sighed deeply as soon as the door closed.
‘Indeed, I’ve been too concerned since that day.’
Grasping the closed door handle, I exhaled deeply again.
“Did those two have so much to talk about that it took this long?”
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the side.
Surprised, I quickly turned my head and saw Cedric leaning against the door, his fist clenched.
His expression was usual, but there was something strangely discontented about his face.
“Surprised… Were you waiting for me by any chance?”
“Yeah.”
“…Don’t hosts usually welcome guests in the reception room during a dinner invitation? I thought that’s how it usually goes.”
At my question, Cedric furrowed his brows with a slightly awkward expression.
“I was curious about when you would come.”
Said in a tone that seemed like a joke, Cedric eventually reached out his hand to me.
“Well then, shall we go up?”
As soon as we entered the reception room, I looked around in confusion.
There was not a single servant in sight.
“Where did all the servants go?”
“I sent them all away. I hope there’s no one around while you and the Grand Duke are having dinner.”
He said, pouring wine into my glass while explaining.
“Don’t worry about the glasswork for you; I, as the host, will take care of it.”
“For you?”
Cedric nodded with a relaxed smile.
‘So Cedric prefers spending private time without servants in his personal reception room.’
Although it was Cedric’s responsibility to escort me, knowing his feelings made it difficult for me to ask him to escort me to the Mansion of Light.
So, I was going to go alone…
“Lady Vee, you look exceptionally beautiful today as well.”
“…”
“As always.”
Adrian slowly approached my side, extending one arm.
In his usual manner, he wore a gentle smile.
“…Thank you.”
I thought it was fortunate, and I took the hand he offered.
As per my request to the maids, the incident involving Marquis Bold was kept a secret from Adrian.
Adrian’s farewell brought me into the Mansion of Light, and as soon as the door closed, I sighed deeply.
Cedric placed the steak dish, cut to the perfect size for me, in front of me again.
“It’s troublesome for you to keep doing this. Wouldn’t it be better to call a servant now?”
Cedric shrugged his shoulders.
“No, I actually prefer it this way. I have some stories I want to share with you alone.”
“Are those stories so important?”
“Well… to me. It’s about Adrian.”
“Adrian?”
What could Cedric have to say about him…
For a moment, I wondered. Then, the incident where Adrian found out about our divorce crossed my mind.
‘Ah, did Cedric find out after all?’
It was a role I couldn’t keep quiet about, especially since it had already been exposed.
Moreover, it wasn’t unexpected for such a situation to occur someday.
I quickly spoke up, “That was… a mistake, Cedric.”
Upon hearing my words, Cedric blinked his eyes slowly, as if unexpectedly countered.
“Huh?”
“I was just trying to find out about the mansion I would live in later. I really didn’t know anyone would notice.”
“…”
“Besides, I didn’t leak it; it was already exposed. And Adrian is not the kind of person to go somewhere and gossip…”
“…”
“So, I hope you don’t casually mention the penalty… Please.”
As I spoke, I discreetly observed Cedric’s reaction.
‘I wonder… he won’t really ask me for a penalty, right?’
Since discovering the Grayzone Village, I had begun conceiving a new welfare project for the people of that village.
And naturally, I was planning to use a large portion of the income earned from my gift investment for that project.
‘Already in a situation where I need to go out to earn money again, and now facing a penalty in this situation?’
As I anxiously bit my lip…
“Rebecca, what on earth are you talking about?”
Cedric had a puzzled expression, as if he knew nothing.
“Were you talking about revealing the fact of our divorce to Adrian… was that not it?”
At my question, Cedric raised his eyebrows in confusion.
His strange expression added to the absurdity.
“I didn’t do anything like that, but thanks to that, I found out some new information.”
Ahem. Cedric coughed elegantly with a smirk, and my eyes and lips were wide open.
Even though it was kept a secret, I blurted out the truth with my own mouth…
At that moment, I wanted to disappear immediately, as if plunging into the Earth’s core.
“Rebecca, don’t worry; I have no intention of receiving a penalty so narrowly.”
Cedric’s disguised voice of an angel echoed consecutively.
“How much is such a trivial penalty?”
The penalty was several times the alimony Cedric gave me.
An astronomical amount.
At that moment, I deeply appreciated the vast wealth of the Twins family, which allowed Cedric to treat such an enormous amount as ‘trivial’.
“However, in the end, Adrian… found out that we got divorced.”
Cedric’s complexion, which was quietly murmuring, subtly darkened.
He remained silent, lost in thought, for a while.
Eventually, his resolute gaze turned back to me.
“Instead of letting it pass, there are conditions.”
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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