Before the resentment that had deceived me so far, numerous words I had uttered in front of him flashed through my mind.
‘Ha-ha. Today might be my last day.’
I gently caressed my neck, which might be severed in a moment. Then,
“Alright.”
Accept it as a lady maid.
Surprised by the unexpectedly cheerful permission, I opened my eyes. Cahillen stood up from his chair.
He strode across the room with his long legs, circling the desk. A strange feeling that something went wrong washed over me. As he approached, thinking whether to escape now or later when caught, I took a step back.
“Did you come all the way here on your own, only to think about running away now?”
In no time, Cahillen’s long fingers were gripping my chin in front of me. A subtle pressure, as if saying it would be better to give up quietly if I had any thoughts of resisting, was clearly conveyed.
‘Why does it have to be this lunatic!’
There are so many men in the world, and yet this crazy guy turns out to be the 1st Prince.
In this thoroughly unpleasant situation, my gaze wandered here and there. Cahillen, who had been scrutinizing me, raised the corners of his handsome mouth, as if to say there was no need to resist.
“Feel free to seduce as much as you want.”
Bending at the waist, Cahillen brought his face close, his eyes mischievously squinting.
“I’m willing to pass if you willingly surrender.”
‘Ugh!’
I buried my face in the pillow and let out a silent scream.
“How can a knife be the 1st Prince!”
What have I done to that man all this time!
The uncomfortable feeling I couldn’t understand whenever I saw a knife was not from the 19+ books but exactly from this. It was a warning from sensibility desperately sent to itself.
I recalled Cahillen’s last words before leaving the room.
“It’s going to be quite enjoyable from now on. Look forward to it.”
Even now, the image of his lips curled into a smile lingered in my mind.
Perhaps it was due to his appearance, his gaze seemed so seductive, but to my eyes, it only looked like a warning from a devil. I crossed my hands and wrapped my shivering shoulders.
Cahillen’s actions made sense. He knew all the curses I had openly spat at him and even the impure intentions of entering the 1st Prince’s palace.
Even if I got stabbed there due to his character, it wouldn’t be strange.
‘Ha. I bragged about being a spy in front of him.’
I had double-checked many times, but there were cases like this. Frowning deeply at the outrageous situation, I pounded my fist on the pathetic pillow. The blatant criticism that I had poured out towards the 1st Prince came to mind.
“No, did you curse yourself with your own mouth?”
Regardless, how could one curse themselves like that? Because of that, I was absolutely sure that he was not a person from the 1st Prince’s side!
“Why did that lunatic pretend to be the 2nd Prince’s servant until now?”
“It was amusing.”
Startled by the sudden answer, I turned my head abruptly. Cahillen, leaning against the wall, had been watching me with his back against the wall.
“Well, uh, how did you get in?”
“I kept knocking, but there was no answer, so I thought you might have run away.”
“I didn’t see the door open…”
I had never seen the door on the opposite side of the bed open. I blinked in surprise when he suddenly tilted his head.
“Didn’t you hear it?”
“What?”
“It’s connected to my room here.”
“…What?”
Hoping I had misheard, I anxiously asked, and Cahillen pointed somewhere with his thumb. Turning my gaze in the direction he indicated, I saw a door slightly smaller than the one I entered through.
“There’s a small living room beyond it, connected to my room.”
Come to think of it, the steward who guided me here, Villemonde, seemed to be explaining something, but I was so distracted that I didn’t really listen. It was only when I looked around that I realized the room, quite spacious and luxurious for a maid’s quarters, was allocated to me.
“Why, why was I assigned such a room? It feels too extravagant…”
“Oh, you didn’t hear this either. Among the maids in this castle, you’re the only one.”
I know. But what does that have to do with me using this room? I asked with my eyes, and Cahillen chuckled.
“From now on, all the chores in my residence are your responsibility.”
…Ah, now I get it. The reason I was confined to the hidden chamber. It was a teaser hinting at the dark future ahead, where nothing could be seen.
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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