“Don’t forget this moment.”
Afraid that Yurisien might distance herself after letting go of the embraced arms, Benjamin urgently spoke. Even though he knew it was a joke, Benjamin was desperate.
“I’m not drunk now.”
“Sure?”
“You already know.”
Yurisien shrugged her shoulders. As if unnecessarily concerned, she lightly bit her lower lip and let it go. The shy and awkward tempting gesture revealed how much it wore on a person, and Benjamin was completely ignorant of this girl.
“Oh, right. I know. I can’t help but know.”
His face, reddened like a fool, now wanted to hide a little of the joy that had already been exposed. It felt embarrassing. Benjamin barely suppressed the almost foolish sound he was about to make and tightly embraced Yurisien.
“Gah!”
The arm that was lightly touching Benjamin’s cheek was uncomfortably crumpled within the embrace. He hugged her so tightly that his breath was cut off. Even though Yurisien struggled, Benjamin didn’t let go. In the end, Yurisien gave up escaping from his arms and quietly nestled.
The sunlight outside the window was more peaceful than ever.
Benjamin and Yurisien sat side by side on the sofa and talked. Most of it was about Yurisien’s dreams, and there was also a brief objection that it was a severe punishment to make Ivan go mad.
It was futile even though it was said twice that Ivan’s disposal was Cali’s responsibility.
“All right. From now on…”
Benjamin wanted to give in because Yurisien, who was grumbling, looked cute, but he couldn’t possibly let it go again if he thought that Yurisien might be in danger again due to Ivan’s mistake.
It’s not that he doesn’t trust Yurisien, and it’s not that he underestimates Yurisien’s power. He just wanted to spare Yurisien from creating one more terrible memory.
“I’ll do it secretly.”
Yurisien opened her eyes wide like an axe, but this was really something she couldn’t yield on.
“I’ll take responsibility and treat you properly. That’s it. Okay?”
With his hands still covered in bandages, Benjamin gently touched Yurisien’s fingers and soothed them. Yurisien’s hands, which Benjamin hadn’t given a break for a moment, had now reached a point where she couldn’t even feel her own hands. He wanted to touch her like this; he couldn’t believe how he endured it all this time.
“Then will you come to Windsor Duke’s mansion for dinner later?”
“I’ll go. Ivan is Ivan, but I have something to say to the Duke.”
Benjamin raised his hand with the bandaged fingers, placed it on Yurisien’s finger joints, and kissed them gently, closing his eyes.
“You’ve come to love me.”
“…Ugh.”
Although I boldly confessed first, it was still too embarrassing. When Yurisien hesitated, Benjamin opened his eyes again.
“What’s your answer?”
Because there were no glasses, his eyes, strangely cold, were clearly visible, making it feel strange. Thinking that she must have been pleased with me, who had such eyes behind the mask, it seemed somewhat cute…
So, instead of an answer, Yurisien gently stroked his eyes while leaning forward. Benjamin, who felt the touch of his fingers, closed one eye as the touch tickled, and melted into the soft texture that touched his cheek.
“You have a foolish expression.”
“What can I do if it’s good.”
Hugging Yurisien’s waist with his hand, Benjamin put his chin on her shoulder. His intention to stick to her was clearly revealed. When Yurisien questioned with her bandaged hand, gently touching Benjamin’s thumb, he asked.
“How did you endure all this time?”
To be honest, even though he asked himself, he felt embarrassed. Unexpectedly, the answer came back. Yurisien opened her eyes round like a rabbit and looked at him, and Benjamin laughed lightly.
“I’ve already been caught by Daisy.”
“What? Daisy? Ah… But I really didn’t know.”
“She knows what you can’t see.”
Yurisien closed her mouth and nodded. Indeed, she couldn’t have imagined that Benjamin had liked her for a whopping 15 years. It was during the funeral of the Empress when they talked, enchanted by a few mischievous words of a young child…
Yurisien hesitated before cautiously speaking.
“To be honest, when I heard the story from His Highness earlier, I thought it was just… that.”
“Most people think that way.”
Benjamin replied indifferently. Yurisien hesitated even more, closed her eyes tightly, and spoke carefully.
“It was just a thoughtless remark. I really thought that way, but there wasn’t any deep meaning… So, it was too much to receive such love from His Highness. At that moment.”
Benjamin remembered the vision of himself from the dream. The figure of himself breaking away from His Highness and reaching out with a white hand. When I, terrified, couldn’t bring myself to hold hands, he appeared in another way, not forcing me but seeking me.
The starting point of that strong heart was surprisingly trivial.
It was so trivial that I worried if I, who had devoted my innocence to severe love for the past 15 years, felt sorry for taking away his heart.
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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