I Ended Up Living Next Door to My Ex-Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 2
Rebecca Twins.
The former wife of Cedric and a formidable woman who drove him to despair—if he had been a woman, he would have given up entirely.
Though she was merely a minor villainess, she appeared only briefly in the early chapters of the novel.
And even then, only to assist Camilla—the novel’s true villainess and once her own maidservant.
Why did she appear only in the beginning?
Because early in the novel, Rebecca was forcibly divorced from Cedric and imprisoned in a high tower.
“A minor villainess she may have been… but by my standards, she was far more unhinged than the villainess Camilla.”
Rebecca’s obsession with Cedric defied imagination.
Her possessiveness was extreme; she wanted to know everything about her husband Cedric.
And she despised anyone who approached him, regardless of their gender or social status.
In short, she was an utter obsessive.
There was one aspect in which Rebecca’s obsession reached its peak…
Namely, their “marital relations.”
But Cedric, utterly exhausted by her fixation, would never comply with her demands.
Desperate to force Cedric into marital intimacy, she even summoned a dark sorcerer and ultimately sacrificed a half-breed demon as an offering—only to be caught red-handed at the scene.
The wife of Grand Duke Cedric Twins—effectively a leader among the half-breed demon clans—sacrificing one of her own people as a ritual offering.
This scandalous act, capable of toppling Cedric’s secure position, extinguished the last vestige of mercy he held for her.
Because of this, Rebecca was forcibly divorced from Cedric and locked away in a windowless tower, never to reappear until the very end of the novel.
“If only it had ended there, that would’ve been the better fate.”
The true villainess Camilla continued to inflict all manner of suffering on the female lead, Lobelia.
But here lay the problem…
From that point onward, Rebecca’s own father, Duke Bold, began actively aiding Camilla in her wicked schemes.
When this truth was finally revealed, Cedric’s fury erupted beyond control.
During the purge of Camilla and Duke Bold, Cedric learned that his former wife Rebecca had, long before being imprisoned in the tower, been secretly supporting them for an extended period.
Misinterpreting all this as Rebecca’s scheme to reclaim her position as Grand Duchess, Cedric imposed a special punishment upon her as well.
“To think she barely appeared in the novel, stayed locked in a tower the whole time, and then died—how is that even a tragic fate!”
Though I felt deeply wronged now that I was in Rebecca’s place…
It was perhaps only natural that the fallout would reach her, given she was Duke Bold’s daughter and had aided Camilla’s early villainy until the novel’s beginning.
“Anyone who bears a grudge against Rebecca may personally execute her without fear of punishment.”
The moment Cedric proclaimed this, countless half-breed demons swarmed the base of the tower where Rebecca was imprisoned.
They shattered the tower, fired flaming arrows, and hurled curses upon her.
Even now, the memory of Rebecca’s maddened laughter and final words—her face melting in the inferno—sent chills down my spine.
“Heehee! Kuhuhu… Cedric will forever… be my man… Kukuku!”
It was a chilling testament to Rebecca’s pathological obsession with Cedric.
Around the novel’s midpoint, Lobelia—the female lead—worried Cedric might still be unable to forget Rebecca, since she knew nothing of the full circumstances.
At that time, Cedric had said:
“If heaven and hell truly exist, I intend to go to heaven. Because she’ll surely be in hell.”
In short, to Cedric, Rebecca was “a woman he never wished to meet again—even in death.”
[This is the timeline separator]It was the second day since I’d been left utterly alone in this unfamiliar place.
Though it still felt unreal, I had no choice but to accept that I’d somehow fallen into the world of the novel.
Specifically, the very novel I’d been deeply immersed in reading for a while.
The original story went like this:
One day, the female lead Lobelia witnessed her best friend, the villainess Camilla, in the midst of an affair with her husband, Henry.
“Just like my situation right before I got transmigrated.”
But the cheating vermin in the novel were far more shameless.
They even tried to kill Lobelia, who was desperately trying to preserve her family.
Lobelia fled until she reached the Demon Forest, where she encountered Cedric—who at that point had already divorced Rebecca.
He was the Northern Grand Duke of half-demon blood—charismatic, kind, exceptionally capable, and peerlessly accomplished.
“Of course, Lobelia had originally been the lady of a count’s household, but to find that the ruler of the Northern Grand Duchy was now her second husband? That’s hitting the jackpot.”
Through this meeting, Lobelia became the governess to Cedric’s much younger sister, Princess Bianca.
Thus, Lobelia gradually turned her fortune around as she and Cedric fell in love…
“But why me? I also caught my husband cheating with my best friend! Then why am I stuck reincarnating as a minor villainess?!”
A wave of injustice surged through me.
Not even the ordinary villainess Camilla—but the obsessive, rabid dog Rebecca herself!
While the protagonists nurtured their love, Rebecca remained quietly locked away in a tower, only to be consumed by fire at the end due to someone else’s wrongdoing!
“Ugh… seriously infuriating.”
I downed the champagne I’d just asked a maid for in one gulp, then abruptly glared up at the ceiling.
Or rather, more precisely, I glared past it—at the deity beyond.
“Seriously, isn’t this too unfair? What happened to the five hundred won I threw into that fountain for good measure?!”
Gritting my teeth internally, I forced down my anger and leaned back against the sofa.
A sigh slipped out of me involuntarily.
“Hey—another glass of champagne.”
It was still broad daylight.
But what did I care?
“If I might be locked in a tower and die at any moment, I should at least drink expensive liquor to my heart’s content while I still can.”
Restlessly tapping one leg, I waited impatiently for the champagne to arrive.
Alcohol was desperately needed to shake off my anxiety and find inner peace.
Yet ten minutes passed, and the maid sent to fetch the champagne still hadn’t returned.
“This is taking forever.”
I muttered to myself absentmindedly.
But for some reason, at that exact moment, all the maids’ shoulders began trembling in unison.
Not only that—
They turned deathly pale and strained desperately to avoid my gaze.
Well, it was understandable. Rebecca’s jealousy and cruelty had never spared the staff, so their reaction was only natural.
“Best not to even make eye contact with a rabid dog, huh.”
Regardless, I sprawled out on the sofa and waited for my champagne.
“This damn Grand Duke’s manor—ridiculously huge for no reason, taking this long just to bring a single glass of…”
At that very instant, a brilliant idea struck me.
“That’s it! Why didn’t I think of this sooner?”
I leapt to my feet, blurting out the thought aloud without even realizing.
“I’ll just divorce Cedric quickly myself! Before I’m forcibly imprisoned in the tower, I’ll end it on my own terms!”
Once Cedric and I divorced and I became useless to them, neither Camilla nor Duke Bold would have any reason to seek me out.
That way, my ties with both villains would naturally fade away, and I’d no longer incur Cedric’s hatred.
“And since I’m the one walking away voluntarily, even if their crimes are exposed later, Cedric could never mistakenly think I orchestrated everything to reclaim my title as Grand Duchess, right?”
I now had a rough goal.
Next, I needed to figure out exactly when this moment fell in the original timeline.
“We’re still married, and Camilla—my maidservant—was granted a solo vacation for one month, so…”
Camilla—my maidservant and the novel’s true villainess—
was probably right now secretly meeting Henry, Lobelia’s husband, at some resort and whispering illicit words of love.
In the original, even after they returned from their trip, Lobelia remained unaware of their affair for quite some time.
And since the novel truly began only after Lobelia witnessed their infidelity…
“That means it’s still very early—long before the original story even starts.”
This was incredibly fortunate for me—a day earlier meant greater advantage in divorcing Cedric swiftly.
“And if I stay quiet after the divorce, Cedric might even spare my life when Duke Bold and Camilla’s crimes are finally exposed.”
Moreover, as Grand Duchess, Rebecca was certainly entitled to an enormous divorce settlement.
Gold leaf adorned every visible edge—walls, ceilings, furniture—and the artworks scattered around clearly exuded staggering value.
Plus, there were overflowing racks of luxurious dresses, shoes, jewelry, and accessories.
All of it came from the immense wealth of the Twins Grand Ducal House.
And since I was willingly offering him a divorce, Cedric certainly wouldn’t begrudge spending money on me.
“This is way more profitable than divorcing that husband from my past life who took five years to earn ten million won!”
Once divorced, I wouldn’t die, and I could enjoy a wealthy, single life.
“Just a rich, single life—that’s all?”
Rebecca was stunningly beautiful.
Lustrous red hair, elegant and striking features,
porcelain-white skin, and a sleek, slender figure.
Her sharp eyes lent her a slightly venomous air—that was her only flaw—but she was undeniably gorgeous.
“Rich, beautiful, and young to boot. Once I divorce him, I can date any man I want and live freely and happily.”
I was done with marriage that meant fixating on just one man.
Of course, there had been a time when I believed lifelong devotion to a beloved partner was true happiness.
But that faith shattered completely the moment I saw my husband and my friend betraying me days ago.
“After the divorce, I’ll date freely—this man, that man—and enjoy life without settling down with just one. Responsibilities? Obligations? Let a dog have them.”
I refused to sacrifice myself for anyone else ever again.
Every penny I had would be spent solely on myself and my own joy.
“And that radiant life begins the moment I divorce Cedric!”
Of course, there was one lingering concern.
The half-breed demons’ hatred toward Rebecca seemed far too deep to be explained solely by the dark magic sacrifice incident.
Most likely, Rebecca’s unrepentant words and actions during her imprisonment after the incident had only fueled their resentment.
But since I had no intention whatsoever of sacrificing them as offerings, I quickly dismissed this worry.
“Should I ask for a seaside villa as part of the settlement? Weekend garden parties with an ocean view?”
Just as my lips curled into an involuntary smile,
a shadow fell over the table in front of me.
I looked up to see a maid standing there, her face deathly pale.
“Y-Your Highness Rebecca. I’ve brought the champagne you requested…”
The maid’s hands trembled violently as she gripped the champagne glass on the tray.
“I must seem pretty terrifying.”
She looked barely past her teens or just into her twenties.
Though she clenched the glass tightly, her trembling was unmistakable.
And then, inevitably, disaster struck.
The champagne glass slipped from her sweat-drenched fingers.
Clink!
The crystal shattered, splashing champagne onto the hem of my dress.
“Uh… eeep…”
The maid stared in disbelief at what she’d done.
When our eyes met, her face drained of all remaining color.
“Ee—eeek!”
She shuddered violently, letting out a strange, panicked cry.
At the same time, two small horn-like protrusions sprouted from the top of the maid’s head.
No… they were real horns.
“What… what’s that?”
The young maid, wearing a look of utter disbelief, raised trembling hands to feel her own head.
The moment she confirmed the horns growing there, her face turned from white to an ashen blue.
Meanwhile, the other maids who’d been silently observing from around the room all began swiftly filing out.
“Where are they all going suddenly?”
As I blinked in confused surprise,
the young maid dropped to her knees with a thud and bowed her head deeply.
“Nooo! I messed up, Your Highness Rebecca! Please, please don’t cut off my horns!”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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So I wanted to bang her what the fudging laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂