Ileone couldn’t believe it.
The spot where Elicia’s lips had touched was his left cheek, and sparks seemed to fly from there as if struck by lightning.
‘Why is my heart acting like this?’
His malfunctioning heart raced as if it were about to burst out of his chest.
“Before bedtime.”
“What?”
“So if you keep the secret well, I’ll give you the reward before bedtime.”
“Ah, yes, yes.”
As Ileone fumbled, the air quickly became strange. He and Elicia both felt awkward with each other.
“Then, I’ll go to the butler for a moment.”
Elicia looked at his face, seeming concerned about where he had been earlier.
“Come back.”
“Yes.”
As soon as he allowed her, Elicia, looking shy, covered her cheeks with her hands and ran out of the bedroom.
“Treat me like Lona?”
He seemed to have no idea that his behavior was different from ‘Lona.’
“Why did I dream that dream?”
Elicia’s funeral.
It was an unlucky dream, even terrible to think about.
“It was too vivid.”
That’s why it had made him feel so bad. Everything seemed so real, as if it had actually happened.
“A dream is the opposite of reality.”
He seemed to recall hearing something like that somewhere.
“Does it mean that Elicia will live by my side for a long time?”
Ileone tried hard to find the meaning of the nightmare. Otherwise, the afterimage seemed to linger forever.
He tried to think about something else.
“Think of something that will make me feel better.”
Elicia.
A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as soon as he thought of her.
“But as Lona.”
His mood sank again as soon as he thought of that.
“What should I do?”
It was unreasonable to ask her to change his clothes. It had been hard to endure the touch of her fingertips brushing against his chest as she unbuttoned his shirt. As long as he could see Elicia focusing on his buttons with flushed cheeks, it was impossible.
“Sigh.”
Ileone lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.
“This is reality.”
He never wanted to dream again of becoming aware that such a nightmare was reality.
(This is a time separator.)
Saviel wore a rare satisfied smile.
“I like it.”
The cage in his bedroom looked beautiful, not something hastily acquired.
Without any rough edges, the round and curving design was similar to a birdcage. In fact, there was even a hook at the top as if it could be hung from the ceiling like a real birdcage.
It seemed like a skilled craftsman had made it, and the smooth surface looked as if it were goldplated. So it didn’t look rusty like an iron cage but elegant and luxurious. Even the lock on the cage door was decorated with a purple amethyst.
To someone unaware of the crown prince’s impure intentions, it would look like a precious treasure.
“You’ve done well. Reward my subordinate.”
“Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince.”
The officer bowed his head.
“Has there been a reply to the invitation?”
“Yes. That’s right, Your Highness.”
“Hmm.”
Saviel frowned.
“Disrespectful.”
He had sent an invitation without mentioning the purpose or time.
Duke Uter would know its meaning. It was commonly used in palace affairs when a prince or emperor of marriageable age wanted to bring a woman he had taken a liking to into the palace.
Empress Seraphina had set her sights on Elicia as her match as soon as she was born. It was a joyful matter that the prestigious Uter Duchy had produced a suitable daughter to become the crown princess. But before they could even discuss the marriage officially, before even mentioning an engagement, Elicia had left for Hadyunsha.
The empress had been so regretful and angry about that for a long time.
The feelings of such a mother were conveyed directly to Saviel.
Elysia Uter should have rightfully been his woman. She was snatched away by the gods. And now she was about to be taken away by Eleon Clement, that brat.
“How dare you lay a hand on what is mine?”
It felt like watching a man who had been rolling on the battlefield come into Saviel’s flower garden with dirty feet.
Thinking of Eleon, Saviel became anxious. As he called, a lieutenant rushed into the bedroom.
“Did you call, Your Highness?”
“Go to the Duke of Uter right away.”
“Now, Your Highness?”
“Bring Elysia Uter. By force if necessary.”
“Your Highness, the Crown Prince. The Duke of Uter is a descendant of the five nobles, a founding family of the country. If you proceed too rashly…”
“Are you defying my command now?”
As Saviel screamed in irritation, the lieutenant shut his mouth.
“Don’t forget who will become the Emperor of this empire. Who your family and descendants will be blessed by.”
Mentioning family, the lieutenant’s face turned pale, and he shut his mouth.
“I have committed a mortal sin. Please forgive me, Your Highness, the Crown Prince.”
“You must hurry.”
As soon as he said that, the lieutenant ran out.
“Shaking like that.”
Indeed, it was a world where talent was rare.
Was it that they couldn’t understand with just one instruction? Saviel sighed, wondering if he always had to say it two or three times.
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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