But if Elodie really had that kind of relationship with Walter, it would be somewhat understandable if she picked a fight with me.
The reason why Odette didn’t visibly turn pale and moved on naturally was also there.
It was half sincere.
‘I hope Duke Ertman really hates me.’
Then, there would be no need to worry in vain, and she could surely set the direction.
Odette briefly pondered the possibility that Elodie’s words were true, and then shook it off.
It didn’t seem like a very nutritious story to worry about now.
“Let’s go back. It seems we’ve spent too much time.”
“……Yes.”
Elodie appeared to force a smile, and then passed Odette and took the lead.
As she strode ahead, Elodie’s heart was boiling with anger.
‘What a fuss over nothing… Where’s this impudent advice coming from?’
I’m a princess, and Count Clovis is by my side, you know?
‘I shouldn’t have scratched with the Duke. I should have messed with Count Clovis.’
I was going to pity her a bit from the look of her, but it was the same as a brat claiming to be a princess and strutting around.
Ahead of her, Elodie’s gritting made a grinding sound, but she quickly changed her expression.
‘It’s better this way. The Duke has assigned me something.’
She’s got to experience it this time.
(This is a time separator.)
Meanwhile, at the place where Odette and Elodie had left.
‘Is this a mere coincidence?’
Or does he know something and is showing off?
Louis Clovis, the only heir of the current Clovis, was unusually losing his smile.
Considering that he always maintained a smiling face even when cursed and slapped in public, it meant that Louis was greatly disturbed now.
The reason was, of course,
The story brought up by Walter.
“Remembering as if I married someone who had no connection… Really, it’s a strange thing.”
Though he was speaking with a forced smile, the slight trembling at the end of his voice was unavoidable.
Perhaps the thought that this blackhaired man, whom he is facing, might be related to the ‘curse’ he has been experiencing recently struck his mind strongly.
A few days after attending Belfort Academy.
Louis was still trapped in the curse.
No, after meeting Odette, the symptoms worsened.
She wouldn’t disappear from his head.
Literally and metaphorically.
‘It’s like someone who has suffered unrequited love.’
There’s no need to explain, as it even came to that thought.
It wouldn’t be strange to say he lived with the hallucinations of Odette, who became his wife.
The background of the hallucinations he saw was 90% the Clovis Mansion, all the more so.
[Dash] “Louis, how about putting a vase here? I think white roses would go well.”
The hallucinations were too concrete to be dismissed as mere fantasies.
And they weren’t entirely optimistic.
‘But still… they were strangely sweet.’
Fragmented as they were, Louis had to admit that life married to Odette in his fantasies was not altogether bad.
In the early days of their marriage, Odette and he were neither close nor affectionate.
Perhaps it could be described as a mere acquaintance.
It looked like a relationship formed strictly out of strategic marriage.
But between them, there was a strange bond that could only be felt in a marital relationship.
[Dash] “I’ll speak well to the Duchess for you. She quite likes me, so if I ask her nicely, she will listen.” [Dash] “I didn’t mean to burden you… I’m sorry.” [Dash] “Don’t apologize. Since I’m your wife, this is what I should do. We’re partners who must live together, um, so… companions. If I don’t help you, who will?”Odette was Louis’s devoted supporter.
Perhaps because there was no discernible greed or ambition in her.
Odette took care of Louis’s stepmother, Duchess Clovis, managed the affairs of the Clovis estate, and spent her time doing so.
Helping Louis was also part of her daily routine.
[Dash] “I’ve wanted to live peacefully since I was little. As monotonous as peace and leisure would be wonderful. For that, you, my husband, need to be a little happier. That’s reason enough for me to help you.” [Dash] “You helped me leave the palace, so you don’t need to feel indebted. Just make sure to protect my peace. That’s all I need.”To speak frankly, Odette was a very ideal wife, contrary to Louis’s prejudice.
Odette didn’t care much about what he did outside nor tried to restrain him.
She seemed to be only interested in tending to her place like a garden, making it peaceful and beautiful.
Perhaps that was the embodiment of tranquility that Odette often spoke of.
[Dash] “The Duchess treats me very well. You don’t have to worry about me.”Whenever Louis, neglecting his home life for his outdoor activities, showed a light of worry, Odette would smile and say so.
Seeing that, Louis would feel both disappointment and relief at the same time. At least while Odette smiled, he could be free from his stifling family.
But what he didn’t realize at the time was that this freedom was at the expense of Odette.
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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