But William couldn’t bring himself to argue further. He didn’t want to dim the sparkle of anticipation in Larisa’s eyes.
Guinevere received the invitation.
She looked at the clumsily written, uneven letters and the two shy children standing in front of her, mumbling to herself,
“A birthday… party?”
Pointing to the writing on the invitation, Larisa exclaimed,
“Mother, I wrote the letters!”
The sparkling eyes seemed to be expecting praise. Guinevere nodded without realizing,
“Well written.”
At that, Larisa started to twist her body around.
‘I thought she didn’t like this kind of thing.’
Guinevere had thought William wouldn’t like parties since she herself didn’t and he always seemed indifferent. But seeing him blushing and standing there, it appeared not.
Guinevere sighed inwardly.
She realized through Larisa how indifferent she had been all this time. To others, it must have seemed she didn’t care much for William. And that was partly true. Guinevere spoke after a moment of silence, looking down with her eyelashes lowered,
“This birthday should be special. Let’s celebrate it grandly.”
“Huh?”
William was taken aback.
“If you enroll in the academy, you’ll be away from home for a while. We should have a memorable birthday party.”
William was horrified.
“No, there’s no need for that.”
A grand party sounded embarrassing.
“Why?”
“It’s just a party because Lara wants to eat cake. There’s no need to make a big deal out of it.”
Guinevere knew William was a shy person. In the past, she had left everything other than magic to his wishes.
But sometimes, it seemed necessary to have events for show, even if the child doesn’t want them.
‘That way, idiots like Dr. Prosch won’t take us lightly.’
Guinevere spoke brazenly,
“I want to have a party too.”
“Huh?”
“I want to. Your birthday party.”
“But I…”
“Who gave birth to you?”
William was lost for words.
“I should celebrate the day I gave birth to you grandly.”
William couldn’t argue anymore.
Thus began his grand 14th birthday party.
“Wow, William! A 14-tier cake! It’s taller than you!”
Larisa exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the huge cake stacked like a tower in the center of the party hall. William, embarrassed, had been unable to lift his head since a while ago.
“Look, William. The dancers are performing over there!”
Larisa pointed towards dancers swirling gracefully. The party seemed more lavish than even the Emperor’s birthday celebration. William wanted to hide.
“William, William!”
“Stop it, Larisa, please.”
“But aren’t you grateful? Mother prepared all this.”
“I’m so embarrassed I could die…….”
William buried his face in his hands.
“Wil-Wil, Mother will be sad if you act like this. You shouldn’t. I always pretended to be thrilled even when Mom made tasteless cakes.”
“Why?”
Larisa spoke as if it was the most natural thing.
“Because it made Mom happy.”
It was only after coming to the Rodante mansion that Larisa realized cakes were supposed to be fluffy and sweet. And making such cakes required a lot of expensive eggs and sugar.
Such ingredients couldn’t have been in her house. So her mother’s cakes were always made with her best effort.
Perhaps if Marina had money and a big house, she would have thrown grand parties like this for Larisa. So Larisa wished William would understand that sentiment.
“Look. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a birthday party like this. Mother must have wanted to do everything she could for William.”
“…….”
“You think so, right?”
“……Yeah.”
William still felt embarrassed, but a strange feeling stirred within him. He knew she was a thoughtful child.
Without realizing, William glanced at Guinevere seated at the head table. She sat cross-legged, queen-like, holding a wine glass.
‘She seems to be enjoying it.’
Guinevere looked genuinely happy for once. Reflecting on it, his birthday was also the day his mother had struggled. She deserved to enjoy it.
‘I’ll have to endure the embarrassment….’
Is there nowhere to hide? As he pondered, Guinevere tapped her wine glass and spoke.
“Thank you, everyone, for coming.”
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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