When Eric grinned maliciously, Allen glared at his subordinates and spat out a word.
“Traitors!”
Then, Allen stormed out in an instant.
Eric sighed and folded his arms as his subordinates chuckled.
“I’ll be stepping into the conference, so catch that guy later and bring him to the routine inspection meeting.”
“Understood. Don’t worry and go ahead.”
“Alright.”
Eric grabbed his jacket and stood up.
(Time separator.)
“Ah, my head.”
Sitting at her desk, Alicia grabbed her head with both hands.
‘Did I drink too much yesterday? I hardly remember.’
How shocked she was when she woke up this morning.
She pondered for a long time why she woke up in Earl Russell’s room, not Earl Lancaster’s, before barely recalling yesterday’s events.
It was her first time drinking, so she had no idea what her limit was. She just drank as much as possible.
“Good job~.”
At Eric’s voice, Alicia lifted her head.
As usual, Eric was leaning against the door frame.
“You don’t knock anymore?”
“The door was wide open.”
“Ah.”
Come to think of it, she’d opened all the windows and doors for ventilation because her head hurt.
“What brings you here at this time?”
“Curfew.”
“Curfew?”
“Isn’t it surprising that all the curfews I’ve broken are related to you?”
Sitting on the sofa, Eric prompted Alicia to tiredly get up and sit beside him.
“Why did you drink?”
“…I was happy to see Jenna after a long time.”
“Since when have you two started drinking so much?”
“Ah, it was our first time drinking together.”
Still massaging her throbbing head, Alicia scrunched her face.
At that, Eric asked with a displeased face.
“Do you remember?”
“Um, somewhat?”
When Eric stared intently at her, Alicia averted her gaze.
“How much did you drink?”
“Um, initially a bottle of wine.”
‘I can handle that.’
Eric nodded.
“Then, maybe two more bottles.”
“?”
‘Isn’t that a bit too much?’
Now it made sense why Alicia was so drunk yesterday. Even the headache made sense.
“And then I drank the vodka that came as a gift.”
“What?”
“I think I drank about two bottles of that, too.”
Eric stared at Alicia in disbelief before asking,
“…Do you usually drink?”
“No, it was my first time drinking yesterday.”
“Wow, you’ve really started drinking well.”
Amused, Eric shook his head, making Alicia laugh awkwardly.
“Am I good at drinking?”
“It’s not something to laugh about.”
“Tsk.”
Trying to gloss over it, Alicia realized it was a mistake to read Eric’s expression.
“But why am I here?”
“What were you saying? You remember to some extent, don’t you?”
“Mmm.”
Eric, who had been watching Alicia ponder with dissatisfaction, asked quite seriously.
“What am I supposed to say to you?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
“You were angry at me yesterday for not talking. You don’t remember that?”
‘Ah. So that’s why I’m here.’
Only then did she recall that she had redirected her path to Count Russell’s residence, despite the coachman’s advice, in order to talk to Eric.
She felt relieved that she hadn’t spoken, but Alicia held her head at the thought of doing something foolish on impulse.
That’s why people say you should drink moderately.
“I don’t know. I can’t remember.”
“You drank so much that you can’t even remember when you think about it seriously? Are you alright?”
Eric looked at Alicia with a worried expression as she embarrassingly dodged the subject.
Unable to look at him properly, Alicia averted her gaze, and Eric opened his mouth with a serious voice.
“I’ve thought it over and I don’t think I’m hiding anything.”
“……Really?”
That was true.
Eric wasn’t hiding anything; he just wasn’t saying anything.
“If there’s nothing from Eric, then there’s nothing. Let’s leave it at that.”
“······.”
Eric wanted to ask why she had said that, but Alicia’s lips were stubbornly closed, so he couldn’t ask.
There was an awkward silence between the two for a moment, and Eric changed the subject.
“I also went to Count Lancaster’s residence yesterday to drop Edward off.”
“Yesterday?”
“I was sad because I couldn’t see him at dinner, but I ended up seeing him. Even if you can’t remember.”
Then Eric chuckled a bit mischievously.
“So Chase was there too?”
Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Alicia quickly composed herself and spoke.
“I didn’t call him.”
“I know. He wouldn’t have come if you didn’t.”
Eric smiled.
“It’s fine, Alicia. I’m not saying anything.”
“?”
“You said you were considerate. That’s enough.”
Eric trusts Alicia, even if he doesn’t trust Chase.
The fact that Alicia came to him when she was too drunk to control herself meant that she trusted him the most.
Thinking like this, Eric felt much better than before.
But that was another matter. Eric still had to get a serious commitment from Alicia.
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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