I Ended Up Living Next Door to My Ex-Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 11
“It’s something I feel anew, but the world has truly changed a great deal.”
Duke Bold, dressed in an elegant suit, gently set down his teacup.
Whether it was due to his tall stature and robust frame, or perhaps the stylishly tanned skin befitting a southerner, I wasn’t sure.
The middle-aged man exuded a bold and generous aura.
“Even just six years ago, the Roman Kingdom was nothing more than a barbaric northern minor state, yet it drove the noble Kachis—Great Nation into an island and established the Western Empire…….”
“…….”
“Everyone is frantic to obtain items from the demons, who are even lower than northerners……. Haha, living long truly brings many experiences.”
Duke Bold, continuing his words, slowly crossed his long legs and leaned back on the sofa.
“And moreover…….”
The faint smile that had been on Duke Bold’s face gradually sank into a cold expression.
“The day has come when Her Highness dares to make me, her father, wait.”
Not checking the schedule list was the root of the trouble.
‘No wonder, for someone possessed by a villain, things were going too smoothly…….’
According to Mina, Duke Bold visited his daughter Rebecca once every quarter.
Rebecca wanted to appear most perfect with the Grand Duchess at those times.
‘So that’s why the Grand Duchess’s servants were so busy from the morning.’
It was regrettable that I realized it too late.
If I had known in advance, I would have skipped the grand cleaning and told them to prepare cheap tea instead.
‘No, I should have just stood him up completely.’
In the Twins Grand Duke household, they seemed to think Duke Bold and Rebecca were an affectionate father and daughter, but my thoughts were entirely different.
‘What kind of affectionate father would so coldly ignore his daughter dying locked in a tower?’
In the middle of the novel, when the villainess Camilla went to Duke Bold asking him to be her backer.
‘That fox-like Lobelia is coveting Lady Rebecca’s empty seat right now! How upset would Lady Rebecca be if she knew this while locked in the tower?’
She had hung on about his biological daughter Rebecca to gain Duke Bold’s favor.
But Duke Bold’s reaction to Rebecca was utterly cold.
‘To suffer a forced divorce…… That stupid wench! If she can’t help my path, then a child who only causes harm is unnecessary!’
Yet in the end, Duke Bold became the villainess Camilla’s backer.
To drive out the heroine Lobelia and place his second daughter, born from his mistress, in the Grand Duchess position.
‘It would be good to clearly settle my connection with Duke Bold this time.’
I hid my hostility and slowly curved the corners of my mouth.
“In any culture, when it rises, its spirit is rough, and when it sets, only useless pride remains.”
At my words, Duke Bold’s brow gradually distorted.
“Oh, it wasn’t meant to disregard Father’s experience. I was merely saying that the Kachis Kingdom was pushed back by the Roman Kingdom and mixed-blood demons…….”
“Kachii—s, Kingdom.”
Duke Bold emphasized the pronunciation as if faulting my accent.
“……What a surprise. The Grand Duchess daring to correct my words.”
“…….”
“You seem to have become completely northern. Subversive and dangerous values…… along with that vulgar accent.”
Duke Bold scanned the reception room with eyes that found anything northern repulsive.
“But don’t forget everything. We are southerners who were the center of the Kachii—s Kingdom.”
Only then did I understand why Rebecca poured all her nerves into decorating the reception room every time Duke Bold visited.
‘Every time he came, he must have been desperate to belittle the culture of the place where Rebecca lived.’
From his behavior, one might think the Bold family was forcibly incorporated into the Western Empire…….
But Duke Bold was someone who chose to naturalize into the Western Empire himself.
In short, a traitor to the fallen Kachis Kingdom.
Moreover, to continue the duke title, he even returned half of his family assets to the Western Empire.
‘Yet acting as if he’s an independence fighter for the Kachis Kingdom is not even funny.’
And that pretense of being an elegant southern noble in every gesture and speech.
The illegitimate child of the Bold family. A life spent starving in the slums before being registered in the family.
His efforts to hide the inferiority from such a past were almost pitiable.
It was at that moment when I was barely holding back a sneer.
Duke Bold let out a small cough as if clearing his throat.
“By the way, how is the matter of spending the night with His Highness the Grand Duke going?”
“……What did you say?”
I couldn’t help but ask back in shock.
‘Is that something a father would ask his daughter?’
However, Duke Bold frowned as if my reaction was frustrating.
“You clearly promised me that within this quarter, you would spend a night with the Grand Duke no matter what.”
“…….”
“Surely…… you didn’t fail again this time?”
As no refreshing answer came from me, Duke Bold’s face gradually colored with anger.
“You…… you idiot……!”
Duke Bold, grinding his teeth, nervously swept the table.
Crash—!
With a sharp noise, the broken teacup pieces pitifully scattered on the floor.
“You useless thing! I said just one night, just one night! You can’t even seduce a perfectly healthy man once?!”
Duke Bold, jumping up from his seat, pointed at me with a reddened face.
“You are now the wife of the most powerful man in this empire after the emperor! Do you really not know how much effort I, a noble from a fallen country, put in to place you there!”
Rebecca had never spent a night with Cedric throughout their marriage.
Duke Bold, who visited Rebecca every quarter, couldn’t have been unaware, and it seemed he pressured her like this every time.
“You should solidify that position and help your father, yet you keep disappointing me like this every time! And throughout the entire marriage!”
“…….”
“While you play at being the elegant princess of the Bold Duke family, do you know how much effort I put in! How will you repay all that?! Pay the price! I said pay the price!”
I quietly watched Duke Bold raging.
The previous Rebecca might have been scared every time her father foamed at the mouth and raged like that…….
To me, Duke Bold just looked like a pathetic middle-aged man blinded by greed, babbling vulgarly about money.
“……Father.”
I took a sip of tea and slowly parted my lips.
“Shut that mouth.”
At my words, a huge ripple instantly appeared in Duke Bold’s eyes.
“What…… what?”
I slightly curved the corners of my mouth and leisurely continued.
“If Father’s ‘real’ origins, barely hidden by the duke title, are revealed, it would be troublesome. That attitude of yours now is, how should I put it…….”
“…….”
“Too vulgar.”
Duke Bold blinked his eyes in disbelief for a while.
‘He must be surprised. No matter how mad dog Rebecca was, she trembled in fear or panicked in front of Duke Bold.’
But that was only for a moment.
Duke Bold, with a face swollen as if about to burst, leaped over the table in one go.
And without time to dodge, he grabbed my collar directly.
“Ha! How dare a thing like you……!”
I looked straight into Duke Bold’s red eyes filled with killing intent and leisurely continued.
“A thing like me, how dare? Did you forget what you yourself said just a moment ago?”
“You! You……!”
“I am the mistress of the Twins Grand Duke family, second only to the imperial family in this empire.”
I grabbed the back of Duke Bold’s hand that was holding my collar and slowly dug in my nails.
“Do you think a ‘thing like’ a southern noble from a fallen country can…… threaten me?”
The sharp nails dug deeper and deeper.
Tremors began to appear on Duke Bold’s jaw as he endured the pain and anger.
“Even if I haven’t spent the first night with the Grand Duke, I am the lady of this Twins Grand Duchy. You should at least maintain basic courtesy?”
I gently warned like soothing a child.
Then Duke Bold glared at me as if dumbfounded and roughly released the hand holding my collar.
“……You thought well. Now quietly return to your seat and sit down.”
Duke Bold let out a hollow laugh at my words.
“How dare you treat your father like a child……!”
“It would be best to stop adding unnecessary remarks and sit down quickly. Now, it’s Father’s turn to listen to me.”
Speaking with a cold expression, Duke Bold bit his lip in frustration and returned to his seat.
To this father and daughter, the words ‘father’ or ‘daughter’ were merely titles.
To Duke Bold, the father-daughter relationship was just a superior-subordinate relationship to maintain for his own benefit, nothing more, nothing less.
I decided to use that point instead.
‘Anyone can see that I am the one in power now, so there’s no reason for me to keep groveling to Duke Bold. Unless it’s the other way around.’
The previous Rebecca might have volunteered for the subordinate position craving her father’s affection, but I had no reason to do so.
Rather, until the divorce was announced, I just wanted to reduce these unnecessary meetings and quickly settle my connection with him.
‘That way, no unnecessary sparks will fly to me later.’
I calmly organized my thoughts while drinking tea.
Then, slowly setting down the teacup, I continued.
“From now on, do not come uninvited until I call for you.”
“Ha, what? Say something reasonable……!”
“The reason I have overlooked Father’s behavior until now is because you are my father.”
“…….”
“Do not make me call Father ‘Duke Bold’.”
At my cold warning, Duke Bold’s eyes gradually widened.
How much time passed like that.
As if forcibly calming his anger, Duke Bold slowly curved the corners of his mouth.
A slight tremor appeared at the corners of his mouth.
“……Yes, that’s not important. This foolish father has been rude many times, Her Highness.”
Duke Bold slowly nodded and let out a long breath.
“Then, until you consummate with the Grand Duke, at least protect your current position well. Whenever that is, I can just get what I need.”
“…….”
“However, if you fail to mend the estranged relationship and end up divorced before that…….”
Muscles fiercely bulged on Duke Bold’s angular jaw as he suppressed his anger.
“The divorce alimony that comes to me, the head of the maternal family, will not go to Her Highness. Not a single penny.”
I frowned in disbelief.
“What? By what right do you……!”
“Isn’t that the imperial law? When a woman divorces, the alimony is first delivered to the head of the maternal family, me. And I can dispose of it as I wish.”
Having said that, Duke Bold stood up as if to leave the reception room.
And leaning his body close to me across the table, he whispered lowly.
“I can tolerate as much as you want acting arrogant as the Grand Duchess.”
“Ha?”
“So do what we promised from your position. If not…….”
A fierce glint gradually appeared in Duke Bold’s eyes.
“I will definitely make you wander the gutters in rags.”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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It had to be something like this, Original Rebecca sounds pittiful
He’s going to be soooo surprised when the new Rebecca comes back
LOL I KNEW IT. LOVE IT. I’M IN LOVE WITH THIS NOVEL!!!