Bonita quickly scanned the table. There was something round and cylindrical on it.
“Mother, what is that?”
“That? Oh, that’s cake! It just needs to be baked. Seems like Jamie went out to eat for a while.”
“Cake?”
Bonita asked back. She had never seen a cake in her life.
Catching Bonita’s expression, Aria hesitated for a moment. Her expression clouded, but then she regained her smile and whispered in Bonita’s ear with a mischievous tone.
“Bonita, how about we make a cake together?”
“What?”
Luke doubted his ears at the servant’s report.
“Aria sneaked into the kitchen with Bonita?”
“Well, not exactly sneaked… more like blatantly entered.”
The servant explained with an awkward expression.
“Usually, only the head chef and assistants know where the kitchen keys are kept, but somehow she found them. The chef Jamie had locked it, but it was open when he returned.”
“What does that mean?”
Luke rubbed the pen in his hand, speechless. He pressed for more information.
“So, what are they doing now? If Bonita is in any danger, I will severely punish everyone involved.”
“Uh, it’s not dangerous. More like… how do I put it…”
“Hurry up and report.”
Urged by the Duke’s irritated tone, the servant straightened up in alarm.
“They are, uh, making a cake!”
“…Cake?”
Luke’s brow furrowed.
Making a cake.
…Why?
‘Aren’t cakes desserts that should be left to the pastry chef? Why is my daughter making one?’
He had been unable to approach Bonita’s room for nearly three days, worrying she might be shy. The only reports he received were from trusted maids nearby.
“Miss Bonita seems to really admire Miss Aria. She… thinks of her as a mother.”
“She’s adapting very well, fortunately. But she’s scared of sleeping alone at night, so Miss Aria has been staying in the same room.”
“Violence? No, there hasn’t been anything like that. On the contrary, Miss Aria seems to truly cherish the Miss as her own daughter.”
“Hmph.”
Luke exhaled in frustration. He needed to properly interrogate Aria, but Bonita wouldn’t leave her side for a moment, making it difficult.
‘Could my suspicions be wrong?’
He was certain that Aria must have mistreated Bonita, but seeing their bond made him doubt that notion.
Still, he couldn’t let his guard down.
Children often imprint on their primary caregivers, even seeking affection from undeserving adults. And no one with half a brain would mistreat the only precious daughter of the Duke in his own estate. Whether these reports were genuine or an act, he needed more time to observe.
‘I thought she would follow me immediately if I found her… No, I need to approach this slowly. Let her adjust to life in the Duke’s residence, and then—’
“Sir, Your Grace.”
The servant’s call interrupted Luke’s thoughts. Seeing Luke’s blazing red eyes, the servant trembled but spoke up.
“Isn’t it time to visit the Miss? It’s been three days already.”
“…If Bonita wishes to see me first, then I’ll visit her. The change in her environment must be confusing enough already.”
“Wouldn’t it be better if you, as her father, assist her adaptation? She may be shy at first, but eventually, the Miss will understand your intentions.”
“…”
Luke fell silent.
He was honestly moved by the servant’s words. His daughter, whom he thought dead, was breathing in the same mansion, yet he couldn’t meet her.
His main concern, however, was her possible rejection.
After lashing out at Aria, he couldn’t shake the feeling that Bonita had grown resentful towards him.
Amidst his contemplation, a faint knock sounded. Luke, without looking at the door, coldly rebuked.
“I’ve said not to disturb me at this hour. Are you too dense to understand simple instructions?”
“Oh, I’m s-sorry…”
Thud!
But at the youthful voice beyond the door, Luke abruptly stood up.
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.
_____
Please help me, I want to bring you the best possible things.
If you find any chapter or novel with poor translation and editing quality, let me know by commenting directly under that novel or chapter. I will retranslate it as soon as possible.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
