Even if it’s considered the establishment of a business, bringing in Liam, who has already earned an enormous amount through the distribution with Calis, would undermine Calis’s established business position.
“I heard you wanted to talk with me.”
Since Liam earned a tremendous amount through distribution with Calis, he had no intention of being swayed by mere conversation.
Cloé decided to buy some time for now.
“As mentioned to the Lady’s knight earlier, I am a close aide to His Majesty, so I thought it would be appropriate for us to get closer as well.”
“Will there be occasions for us to meet often in the future, then?”
Liam stopped abruptly at that question.
The one who had been silently observing Cloé turned his head with a dry cough. Moving away, he murmured in a slightly diminished voice.
“If the Lady wishes, I am welcome at any time.”
A faint reddish hue appeared between the ashen strands of hair. Sensing a subtle warmth, Liam gently covered his ears.
Cloé and Liam continued to share meaningless conversations. Even after leaving the maze-like flower garden, he seemed eager to continue talking, but Cloé left her seat first.
At that moment, he anticipated what would come next with a somewhat regretful expression.
‘Does she need someone to talk to?’
At a glance, he had a reserved impression and was reputed for being polite according to rumors. However, in reality, he was quite talkative.
Considering that he wouldn’t engage in such meaningless conversations with the young ladies he first met in social circles, looking back, it was a humorous situation.
“I’m thinking of returning to the palace. Does Winter have no other plans?”
“Assisting Lady Cloé is my schedule. Thank you for your consideration.”
“I guess I should get used to being with Winter.”
Cloé smiled subtly. In response to her bright smile, Winter only nodded modestly.
Suddenly, Liam noticed the sword at Cloé’s side. It wasn’t Winter’s sword; his was already securely tucked into its scabbard.
The pattern engraved on the scabbard was unique.
“It belongs to Duke Liam Sahir.”
As Cloé stared fixedly at the sword, Winter noticed and responded. It was Liam’s sword, which he had thrown to prove his innocence. The sword, even forgotten in the midst of the conversation, seemed to have slipped his mind.
“It seems you left it earlier.”
“Yes. That’s correct.”
“Give it to me. I’ll pass it on later.”
“…Are you speaking to Lady Cloé?”
“Yes. I think there will be another occasion to see him.”
Cloé intended to meet Liam using the sword as an excuse. Since it was a sword with sentimental value to him, returning it would likely earn her plenty of gratitude.
“Understood.”
Despite Winter’s confusion, he handed the sword over to Cloé.
After receiving the sword, Cloé thanked Winter.
“Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.”
“No, not for this.”
At Cloé’s denial, Winter chuckled.
“Thank you for today. I’ll be grateful in the future as well.”
“…What do you mean by that?”
This time, when Winter asked, Cloé smiled and nodded.
“Just everything.”
If she meant everything, it would probably refer to Winter assisting her. Being a quick-witted servant, Winter could understand what she was saying. What he couldn’t grasp was her true intention.
Winter assisted her not out of a sense of duty but merely to follow the orders of his receiving lord. Cloé, being no naive princess, was likely aware of this fact.
Winter was a mere commoner, an unfortunate soul who grew up as an orphan without even a common family name. Thanks to the new criteria for admission to the Imperial Knights after the Emperor’s ascension, she could rise to a high position despite her humble status. With her skills, she eventually secured the position of the Emperor’s bodyguard.
She couldn’t possibly know such detailed facts, especially about a person who knew nothing about swordsmanship, and even if she did, there was no reason for Cloé to respect Winter.
Or perhaps it was all pretense.
It could be a purpose to turn even those around her into her people while enjoying the Emperor’s favor.
“You don’t need to be thankful to me. Receiving an imperial knight’s name as her knight is only natural.”
Winter drew a clear line.
If it was just hypocrisy, she would stop flattering him even if it meant feeling uneasy.
But Cloé, without a hint of shame, smiled charmingly.
“That’s what makes it worthy of gratitude.”
“…”
“With only that sense of duty, there’s no one else but Winter who has taken such care of my well-being.”
Beyond Cloé’s back, the bright sunlight illuminated her. Her golden hair sparkled with thousands of crystals rolling through it like glittering stars.
“It must be because Winter highly regards the Emperor. Her Majesty has good friends.”
“…No, that’s not true.”
Once again, Winter drew a line against Cloé, who kept sweet-talking without a clue.
Is it pretense again this time?
Considering there are enormous schemes even to seduce the Emperor, this level of acting should be easy.
With such thoughts, even as she turned away…
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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