The Walter, who was utterly unsociable, had been visiting Katarina until the doorstep wore thin in the last month. And each time, Katarina called Lizaina to have tea with Walter, or the three of them together.
What other reason would he have for visiting Katarina if not to see her?
She thought things were going well between her and Walter.
Walter was far from gentle and rarely made eye contact, but he always answered Lizaina’s words.
‘Moreover, Duke Ertman wouldn’t be unaware of the rumors I’ve been spreading.’
Lizaina had been spreading the rumor that things were going well between her and Walter lately.
That Walter was incredibly affectionate towards her.
What would be the reason for Walter’s silence, knowing that?
Lizaina took Walter’s attitude as a sign that he wanted to develop a relationship with her.
No, she wanted to believe so.
‘I’ve never seen a man like him before.’
Walter Ertman.
She still couldn’t forget their first meeting.
The day she reluctantly went to meet Walter, pushed by Katarina’s back.
As she entered the greenhouse where the tea table was prepared, the one who turned around without even sitting and waiting for her caught her attention.
[Dash] Ode… [Dash] Nice to meet you for the first time, Duke Ertman. I’m Lizaina Lodel Celestine. [Dash] …3rd Princess, Your Highness.A momentary look of disappointment and displeasure swept across Walter’s face, but Lizaina did not see it.
Instead, what caught her eye was Walter’s splendid appearance.
A man who might look like a sword if made into a human.
The long military life had shaped his body, and his sharpness could be felt from his posture and speech, which were as straight as if measured by a ruler.
He was different from the mouthy men Lizaina had often seen.
‘I thought he’d act foolishly, shy, having never attended social gatherings before.’
Walter was proficient in all courtesies, his conversational skill was also adept, and his good looks that anyone would be attracted to were just a bonus.
A likable man, it was really unexpected.
Half of the men Lizaina had met were either crushed by her appearance and status, acting like fools, or bragged to impress her.
For the first time, she thought she wanted to have him.
And it didn’t seem like a difficult task. Lizaina was confident that she and Walter were slowly getting closer.
But now, rumors of a secret affair with Odette were circulating, and even admitting to it!
Lizaina’s hand trembled with humiliation.
Watching her, Blake chuckled, then opened his mouth as he moved a chess piece.
“It’s getting interesting, Lizi. The whole social world is going to talk about you now.”
“…What did you say?”
“You know how much people love to tear down those who are on top, don’t you? Since the rumors have reached here, I suppose everyone who needs to know, knows.”
And they will gossip.
“Acting all high and mighty, only to have a man stolen by a mere bastard.”
“It’s about time. Just because she’s the 3rd princess, how can she capture the hearts of all men?”
They said.
“Isn’t this like getting slapped in the face by Odette?”
As Blake giggled, Lizaina’s face, already trembling with humiliation, turned even redder.
If Lizaina had heard this talk alone, she would have been angry but could have thought a bit more rationally.
But with Blake there, it was different.
“What reason would Duke Ertman have to associate with that lowly creature? She must have chased after him like her mother. But you’ll just stand by, won’t you, Lizzie?”
“……Odette, that damned wench……! I won’t let her off!”
Every time Blake poked and prodded, Lizaina’s anger grew uncontrollably.
Filled with rage, she muttered curses and then suddenly jumped up, rushing toward Odette, swaggering.
And now.
“Do you know how ridiculous I’ve become because you shamelessly chased after Duke Ertman? Tell me the truth right now! What trick did you use?”
Standing before the raging Lizaina, Odette was completely frozen.
The reason was simple.
“……Is that rumor true, did Duke Ertman really do that?”
She knew nothing about this situation!
She naturally thought that Empress Katarina or Lizaina had deliberately sent Balter.
Was it really not so?
‘Duke Ertman came to me, and it has nothing to do with Empress Katarina or Lizaina?’
She didn’t know the details, but something strange was definitely happening.
And the fact that Odette’s clueless reaction only further incited Lizaina’s anger.
“Ha, pretending not to know now? You despicable thing!”
Lizaina’s face twisted with unbearable anger.
Had Odette prostrated herself and told the truth, her anger might have subsided somewhat, but Lizaina couldn’t bear Odette’s expression as she said, “What on earth are you talking about……”
“Because of you, my reputation has been butchered! Society will now gossip about how I’ve had a man stolen by you! It’s shameful enough to be mentioned alongside someone like you, but now I have to hear such words!”
“No, I really don’t know anything about it[—].”
“Don’t know? As if. Try saying you didn’t know that Duke Ertman was meeting with me? You’re as brazen as your mother!”
When the subject of Odette’s mother came up, the previously gentle face of Odette momentarily hardened.
Odette’s mother, a maid from the Imperial Palace.
All Odette knew about her mother was one thing.
She had been Empress Katarina’s maid.
“Did your dead mother also have eyes for my mother’s man? Truly like mother, like daughter. This is why lowly creatures are no good. They always covet what belongs to others, don’t they?”
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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