My Discarded Fiancé Returned (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 10
Pitch-black eyes stared blankly into the void. Fortunately, Lucas was not as foolish as Serena had feared—though it seemed he simply needed a moment to process the weight of so many years all at once.
“It was my selfishness.”
Rarely did his voice sound so bitter. Just as she had said, his words and actions over those years were the result—and the truth.
“Yes.”
“Not even for a single day did I forget you—what then?”
“That was Your Highness’s heart, and no one else could know such a thing.”
No matter how much he had longed for Serena, no matter how badly he had wanted to grow stronger for her sake, in the end, he was still a man who had neglected his fiancée for six long years.
“I trust you understand that our engagement has lost all meaning.”
Serena gave a light bow, as if there were nothing more to say between them.
“Then I shall take my leave. I will stamp the document dissolving our engagement immediately and send it to the Chief Steward…”
In that instant, Lucas’s reverie shattered, and his dark eyes snapped toward Serena.
“Wait.”
He cut off her words, abruptly rising from his seat and striding firmly toward her.
“You intend to stamp the document?”
“Yes.”
“Which means the document was already prepared beforehand?”
Ah—she’d let her guard down, thinking only of the relief she’d feel once the seal was stamped, and had spoken carelessly.
“When exactly did you prepare that document? And when did you research the book you recited just now?”
Her blue eyes trembled slightly. This time, Lucas did not miss it.
“Serena, you said you stayed in the capital for half a year after our engagement ceremony, didn’t you?”
He took one step closer.
“Yes. Afterward, I quietly retired to the Astel estate, praying for Your Highness’s well-being.”
She took one step back.
“Hah.”
Seeing Serena speak so brazenly to his face made him want to laugh bitterly.
“Even if I generously accept that explanation, the books you just quoted can only be found in the capital’s and the imperial palace’s libraries—especially those compiled under the previous emperors.”
“Well…”
“Since they concern my ancestors, wouldn’t I know them better than you?”
Lucas’s lips twisted into a wry smile.
“If I check the library records from the months right after our engagement, your visits will surely be evident, won’t they?”
Their gazes locked tensely—until Serena finally turned her head and tried to step away. Lucas calmly followed.
“I enjoy reading, so I visited the library often.”
Serena spoke as calmly as she could.
“I also bought many books for my collection in Astel. That’s why, back then…”
“No. Didn’t I just say it myself? It concerns my ancestors.”
Lucas finally seemed to seize the upper hand, looking at Serena with triumphant confidence.
“I don’t know about the Vatican’s archives, but by imperial decree, books compiled under the names of past emperors are kept exclusively in the palace library.”
Damn it.
Lucas hadn’t just grown taller and broader—he’d shed his childish pettiness entirely and become far too clever for comfort.
“If you read them in the palace library, it means you intended to break off our engagement right from the start. But if you obtained them in Astel… hmm, then I’ll have to investigate whoever sold you those books and punish them severely.”
Either way, Serena was at a disadvantage.
“They were such remarkable books that they’ve remained vividly in my memory even after leaving the capital.”
Still, she was confident her audacity could outmatch anyone’s.
“Is that how you’ll play it?”
Serena carefully studied Lucas’s expression, but detected no strong emotional disturbance.
“My memory is good too. I remember vividly that your temperament was anything but ordinary.”
His faint, smug smile looked utterly infuriating.
“I still remember clearly the outrageous things you said to me at our engagement ceremony.”
“I was merely responding to Your Highness’s words.”
“You’re the only woman capable of such a thing.”
Contrary to her expectations, Lucas didn’t flare up or argue logically—instead, he kept gazing at her with that strange, quiet smile.
“Perhaps that’s precisely why I couldn’t forget you for even a single day.”
Unfortunately, Serena wasn’t the only one capable of shamelessness. Lucas was calmly uttering words fit for a bard.
“You were always incredibly special to me.”
If Serena had been just an ordinary noblewoman, Lucas likely wouldn’t have harbored such stubborn pride.
Like most adolescent boys, his constant bickering and sharp glances had all stemmed from his hidden fondness for her.
“Back then, I didn’t realize it—but you were the reason for my wanderings.”
Of course, Serena couldn’t possibly have known his feelings, and his peculiar gaze only made her feel more awkward.
“I wanted to become the strongest man on this continent before meeting you again.”
Since it was a confession he’d rehearsed every night, the words came naturally to Lucas—but Serena knew nothing of the nights he’d spent yearning.
“Alright, I’ll admit it.”
Serena sighed and looked at Lucas. No matter how clever she was, she couldn’t comprehend emotions she’d never experienced.
Besides, their first meeting had been so memorable that she’d never imagined he might harbor affection for her.
“Your Highness is likely the strongest man on this continent.”
Serena spoke with grace and composure. Had her demeanor not resembled that of someone placating a crying child with a piece of candy, Lucas might have been moved.
“You truly are magnificent—immensely so.”
Her words were sincere, yet her tone was utterly unlike what Lucas had hoped for.
“But there is no destiny between us.”
Again, Serena spoke coldly—a scenario Lucas had never once considered.
“I wish to undo our engagement as if it never happened. More than anything.”
Lucas clenched his jaw tightly.
“Do you despise me so much? Or have you fallen for someone else?”
“I swear, nothing of the sort has happened.”
Her firm reply softened Lucas’s anger slightly.
“I am the Crown Prince of the Empire. And as you yourself acknowledged, I’ve become the strongest man there is. What could possibly be lacking in me as a husband?”
Their conversation kept missing each other because their ways of thinking were too different. How could Serena possibly know that Lucas had unilaterally nurtured feelings of affection and admiration for her, and had trained himself solely for her sake?
“Your Highness excels in every way.”
His self-centeredness—his belief that everything should go according to his will—might even become assets once he became emperor.
After all, he’d willingly abandoned the peaceful life befitting his noble status and endured relentless training to become this strong.
“Then why don’t you rejoice at my return? Why keep insisting there’s no connection between us?”
“It’s a separate matter—just as the past six years we each lived were entirely different.”
“Do you resent me for my neglect?”
Lucas knew it was a foolish question, yet the words slipped out anyway.
“I waited until I could show you a version of myself I could be proud of—until I could stand before you with honor. Was that all it left you with—resentment?”
“Of course not.”
She knew. From the very beginning, there had been no resentment in Serena’s eyes when she looked at him. Her blue gaze wasn’t purely negative—only filled with surprise and bewilderment.
“Well, I did dislike Your Highness immensely at the engagement ceremony—but I suppose that went both ways, didn’t it?”
Serena smiled—so beautifully it almost hurt.
If only she’d smiled like that when Lucas had come to fetch her.
“It’s all in the past now—it’s fine.”
“All in the past.”
Every word Lucas spoke was sincere—even the claim that he’d never forgotten her for a single day. Yet Serena dismissed all those days as merely “the past.”
“It’s not because I resent Your Highness, nor because You lack anything.”
Serena gave Lucas no time to dwell on memories.
“I don’t wish to become Crown Princess. The imperial court doesn’t suit me—and neither does marriage.”
Her eyes, bluer than any gemstone, sparkled brighter than Lucas’s memories.
“I want to live as myself—not as someone’s wife.”
Lucas blinked slowly. It was something he’d never heard in his entire life.
“I refuse to live constantly suppressing myself just to meet others’ expectations.”
He could never know—but in her past life, she’d already wasted enough time to ache over.
—You’re neither this nor that.
Her oldest memory from that life was bursting into tears during training. She’d worked so hard, yet never became a gymnast.
—Ugh… it’s ruined. You should’ve chosen a strength-based sport instead.
She’d been only eleven. She’d understood even then that she wasn’t suited for gymnastics—but the real pain came afterward.
—What good is strength alone? I’ve told you countless times—volleyball is a team sport!
In her cramped homeland, becoming a professional in arts or athletics was brutally harsh. Others might call it a loser’s excuse, but she’d lost all will to keep forcing herself into something that didn’t fit.
—Senior, make her do it. Wasn’t she some kind of athlete when she was little?
—Right? Remember when she lifted a desk with one hand? I was shocked!
There were too many such memories to count. She’d thought her heart was growing numb—but really, it had just worn away until nothing remained.
That must be why, even remembering most of her past life, she could never recall her own name.
“I also hate constantly being judged by others.”
So what if a woman is tall? So what if she’s strong? What does it matter if she never hears words like “delicate” or “pure” her whole life?
“That’s why…”
Because of such trivial things, she’d been forced to abandon her dreams and endure ridicule. No matter how much she bowed her head, she couldn’t escape those pitying, contemptuous stares.
“I could never be a submissive Crown Princess or an elegant Empress.”
As if to make up for the regrets of her past life, Serena now had the chance to chase her dreams—and warm people who supported her.
“I’ve already decided. So if you truly cannot forgive me, then kill me instead.”
She wanted so desperately to protect this life—to keep living each day with sparkling excitement, doing something that made her heart race.
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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MANGA DISCUSSION
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Chapter Comments (23)
Prince, you have grown stronger and older.
Serena didn’t just sit around waiting for you to come.
Serena has also grown stronger.Death may be an extreme choice.
Serena wants to live the way she wants.
She wants to make her own choices.
I understand her.Serena hit him with her elbow.
It must have hurt a lot.
I’d laugh if prince cried like a baby.
Inline Comments (14)
Could Lucas’s true aim really be Astel’s management secrets?
Dumb that’s just an excuse to speed time with you duh 🙄😒
That Lucas was the Crown Prince remained a secret within the duke’s household, a
I think it’s too late for you Serena 🤔😂😂 he took care of that
“Exactly. I was receiving a guest as acting Duke, not strolling as a young lady.
Disappointment? 🤔😏 What else was she expecting to? 😏😏😏
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agustus_orchid
Prince, can’t you find a wife for yourself? You’ve traveled all over the vast empire, didn’t you meet anyone you liked?
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People are very rude.
They constantly make fun of me.
Politeness is not weakness.
agustus_orchid
How can Serena understand you if you don’t communicate and express your thoughts?
agustus_orchid
Prince used his brain just to avoid breaking off the engagement.