Lily, I Wish I Was Your Lover - Chapter 62
“…….”
Lilly, who was almost about to say “Me too” in the moment, quickly bit her lip. The interesting thing was that it was sincere. She had just forgotten due to being distracted and constantly reminding herself to stay away from him.
But Herald’s heavy pitch made her realize the feelings she had forgotten. Afraid of the emotion that arose as clearly as his seal on the letter, Lilly lowered her gaze for a long time.
“And I found out that the person who killed Mrs. Megan was not her husband.”
Realizing that Lilly was uncomfortable, Herald smoothly changed the subject of conversation. Lilly responded immediately.
“That day, someone saw some men following Mrs. Megan.”
“Is that true? Then why are the investigators concluding that the husband is the culprit?”
“Because the witness didn’t come forward.”
Even if the witness had come forward, the result wouldn’t have been different. No adult would believe the testimony of a mere 10-year-old boy.
“Still, I’m thinking of meeting the husband just in case.”
“Have you found out where the husband is?”
“Not yet. But my subordinate is searching hard, so we should be able to find out soon.”
Herald added jokingly that there was no need to worry since his subordinate was capable, but Lilly couldn’t laugh. She was concerned that he was going through trouble because of her.
But she couldn’t bring herself to say it was fine to stop, as she was bothered by the fact that some men had been following Megan. Since Herald said it probably wasn’t related to Fredrick, it didn’t seem to be people he had sent. Then who on earth did such a thing?
“I’ll let you know as soon as we find the husband.”
“Please do.”
Lilly was about to say she was sorry for causing him trouble, but thinking it sounded too cliché, she held back. It didn’t seem right to say when their business wasn’t finished yet.
“Lastly, there’s one more thing I’d like to ask.”
“Go ahead.”
As she was willing to grant any of his requests, Lilly quickly nodded.
“May I hug you just once?”
“…….”
This was… unexpected. Lilly’s eyes widened at the request more startling than asking for a star from the sky.
“Is it not allowed?”
“…….”
She should obviously say no, but the words wouldn’t come out. Not because she had received too much help from him, but because it was something she herself had wished for.
It was absolutely something she shouldn’t wish for, but two conflicting hearts continuously clashed, causing even greater confusion.
As Lilly just stared silently, Herald turned his head with a disappointed smile.
“I guess I asked for too much. Just forget about it.”
To stir up someone’s heart like that and then say to forget it was absurd. It wasn’t reverse psychology, but his telling her to forget made her not want to even more.
Right. It’s just a hug. It’s just repaying with a hug the person who has helped me so much until now.
“……Just for a moment.”
Her lips moved on their own, falling for such an ridiculous reason. At that moment, a bright smile bloomed on Herald’s face. Seeing that smile, the remaining worries melted away, allowing Lilly to smile happily as well.
“……!”
But that was brief, as Lilly stiffened in surprise when embraced by Herald. As if telling her not to be tense, Herald gently stroked her back. Thanks to that she found peace of mind, but anxiety continued to squirm in one corner. Her reason kept shouting that this wasn’t right, that she should keep her distance from him.
However, not wanting to leave the comfort of his embrace, Lilly covered her eyes and ears, and deliberately ignored it.
[This is the timeline separator]Herald quickly got off while the carriage momentarily stopped waiting for the mansion’s main gate to open. He disappeared in the blink of an eye, so nimble was he.
Lilly, who had been inwardly worried about what if he was discovered, finally got off the carriage with relief. She went straight to her bedroom but didn’t even wash up, let alone change clothes. It was because of what happened in the carriage.
She said just for a moment, but they had embraced for nearly half an hour. Even though they didn’t go further than simply hugging, her body heated up and she felt strange. The bedroom seemed hot, so she opened the window and fanned herself. She even drank cold water, but the heat in her body wouldn’t subside.
“I need to wash up.”
Thinking washing her face with cold water might help, Lilly was first putting away the documents she had brought in the drawer when she suddenly realized something was missing under the vanity and frowned.
“The box… is gone?”
The gift box Herald had given her had disappeared. The box containing one shoe and his letter. Lilly’s face turned pale.
Lilly searched thoroughly, making a mess of the neatly cleaned room, but the box was nowhere to be found. Someone must have taken it while cleaning the room.
Unless it was a deep cleaning, usually bedroom cleaning was the responsibility of the exclusive maid. But since Lilly didn’t have an exclusive maid, the maids took turns cleaning.
“Anna, Anna!”
Lilly urgently looked for the head maid Anna to find out who had cleaned her bedroom today.
“Why are you suddenly looking for Anna?”
Of all people, Anna was with Samantha. Lilly was flustered to see Samantha, but only for a moment. She quickly gathered herself as she needed to find the missing gift box, especially Herald’s letter.
“I’d like to know who cleaned my bedroom today.”
“What do you want to know that for? Why? Are you going to scold them for not cleaning properly?”
When Samantha asked sarcastically, not only Anna but also the maids present burst into small laughter. At the obvious mockery, Lilly clenched her fists and replied.
“That’s not it, one of my possessions has disappeared.”
That meant someone had stolen Lilly’s belongings. The maids, at risk of being accused as thieves, were flustered and rolled their eyes. Anna also asked Lilly with a considerably surprised face.
“Are you sure the item is really missing? Are you sure you didn’t just put it somewhere else and forget?”
“I clearly confirmed it was there right before going to Count Stacy’s.”
“Young lady, you might be mistaken…”
“My memory is better than yours, so don’t worry about that.”
Cutting off Anna’s words, Lilly looked at Samantha and said seriously.
“If we let this incident slide, the servants will mistakenly think it’s alright to lay hands on the master’s belongings. So we must find the maid who took my possession and punish her severely, Mother.”
Though Samantha always disapproved of Lilly’s actions, she seemed to think theft couldn’t be overlooked and asked Anna.
“Anna, who cleaned this child’s room today?”
“I’ll bring her right away.”
Anna had hesitated and even doubted Lilly when she asked, but moved immediately when Samantha inquired.
“It’s this child.”
Shortly after, Anna brought the maid who had cleaned Lilly’s bedroom. She was an apprentice maid hired recently. Samantha glared at the apprentice maid with sharp eyes.
“So you’re the maid who stole the item.”
“Wh-what? N-no!”
The apprentice maid cried out with a face so pale it looked like she might collapse if touched.
“I, I didn’t steal anything! Really! I just cleaned the room and left, why, why…”
Eventually the apprentice maid burst into tears and collapsed on the floor. Her body was trembling like an aspen leaf, but no one sympathized with her.
“……”
Except for one person, Liliana Benjamin.
It might be a mistake, but Lilly didn’t think the apprentice maid was the culprit. The person who cleaned her bedroom was indeed this apprentice maid, but she had a feeling the real culprit was someone else.
“Not only stealing, but lying too!”
Samantha glared at the apprentice maid with eyes raised as if utterly dumbfounded.
“Be honest now and beg the madam for forgiveness. That’s the only way you can be safe.”
Anna urged the apprentice maid to confess quickly to prevent any blame from falling on herself. However, the apprentice maid stubbornly shook her head and repeatedly said she didn’t steal anything.
Feeling that at this rate, not only would the apprentice maid be falsely accused, but the missing item wouldn’t be found, Lilly opened her mouth.
“Anna, is this child the only maid who entered my bedroom today?”
“Yes. So she must certainly be the one who took young lady’s possession.”
“I don’t think so.”
Lilly looked at two of the maids standing behind Anna.
“I believe those maids also entered my bedroom to help me prepare for going out… Or is my memory wrong about this too?”
“Ah, no. Those children did enter your room, but… you were present then, so they couldn’t have even dreamed of stealing.”
“Who knows. They might have slipped something away while tidying up afterwards.”
At Lilly’s words, the maids exclaimed that it wasn’t true, that they absolutely didn’t do such a thing.
In an instant the hallway became noisy, attracting not only other servants but even Brian. Scratching his messy bed hair as if he had just woken up, Brian stood next to Samantha and asked.
“What’s going on, Mom?”
Just as Samantha was about to answer, the hall door opened. The only person who would enter so openly at this hour was Fredrick.
“Welcome back, master.”
It was indeed Fredrick. Returning home to the servants’ welcome, Fredrick tilted his head at the people gathered in the hallway.
“What are you all doing here?”
“It seems one of the maids stole this child’s possession.”
Hearing Samantha’s answer, Fredrick turned to look at Lilly.
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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