“It’s been a long time since we met, Princess. Have you been well?”
As soon as Olivia entered the Crown Prince’s palace, the chief steward came out. He looked surprised for a moment, but soon bowed skillfully towards Olivia.
It was indeed a surprise. Even if Leopold broke many promises, Olivia had never come to look for him.
“Thank you. Steward. I came to see the Crown Prince.”
Instead of saying that he would guide her to where Leopold was or that he had come, the steward hesitated for a moment.
“Is the Crown Prince out?”
“…That is.”
The steward hesitated to speak. Bad thoughts bubbled up. At that moment, a gentle and beautiful voice was heard.
“Oh my, isn’t it Princess Madeleine?”
At the sound of the woman calling her, Olivia turned around.
“…Princess?”
Her heart sank at Leopold’s voice.
Leopold, who had been waiting throughout the appointment, was walking from the rear garden of the Crown Prince’s palace, accompanied by a beautiful blonde lady.
“…I bow to the empire’s little sun. Olivia Madeleine, I have come to see Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
Olivia inhaled sharply and pulled up her lips. Her lips seemed to tremble, but Olivia forced a sweet voice.
“…And Lady Ethel. It’s been a long time.”
Maria Ethel, the Countess. The lovely youngest of the Ethel family.
…And the lover of the Crown Prince, excluded from Leopold’s engagement because of the aristocratic Count Ethel.
Her vision seemed to whiten. Olivia clenched her hands on her dress tightly.
Leopold looked perfectly fine. He frowned on one side. A habit that appeared whenever he was displeased.
“…What are you doing here?”
His voice truly sounded as if he knew nothing. Olivia remembered herself, excited since yesterday just to meet Leopold. And just a little, she was saddened.
“…Since Your Highness did not come, I wondered if something had happened and I came. I did not realize you had a guest.”
Whether Maria Ethel could be called a guest, she wasn’t sure.
Olivia desperately softened her increasingly stiff voice. Leopold and Maria looked very close even from a distance.
A man who never gives his side to anyone.
Leopold, who always kept a certain distance from me.
Yet Maria was so easily close to him. Realizing that, a part of her heart plummeted.
“What did you come for? Without even contacting me.”
Olivia bit her lip. It was a confirmation kill.
Meanwhile, the steward hurriedly approached Leopold’s side and whispered.
Only then did understanding flash across Leopold’s face. The difficult look in Leopold’s eyes quickly disappeared.
“Come to think of it, today is already Wednesday.”
‘Already.’ Olivia responded nonchalantly.
“Yes. It’s already Wednesday.”
The day Olivia looked forward to the most during the week was Wednesday. From the time she left the palace carrying an unfulfilled promise, she awaited the next Wednesday.
She awaited Wednesday even when called by the Empress and Princess, when she entered the palace to handle the Crown Princess’s affairs, and when she suppressed her desire to see him just once.
She thought the worst case would be Leopold, who rarely showed up at appointments, not being pleased if she came on a different day.
…But what was truly the worst was forgetting that it was the day of the promise and making a troubled face at the sight of me.
While her head was in confusion, Leopold walked towards Olivia.
“I’ve been so busy lately. I even forgot the day. Olivia, did you wait long?”
“Not that long.”
“Oh, dear. You seem quite upset, my fiancée.”
With a voice tinged with regret, Leopold extended his hand and smiled gracefully.
“How about next Monday to make up for it?”
“That’s a pretty name, Olivia.”
Was it because of the brilliant sunlight? Or his tender voice? Even though she was angry and upset, old memories overlapped.
Her sorrowful heart cried out to refuse, but that gentle voice didn’t let go of her heart.
It was a losing battle, anyway.
Olivia Madeleine loved Leopold Franz,
And Leopold Franz knew it very well.
“…With pleasure.”
Olivia placed her hand on Leopold’s. Leopold cheerfully kissed Olivia’s hand.
His blue, sparkling eyes met Olivia’s. An arrogant look as if he knew this would happen, yet Olivia couldn’t do anything about it.
Her heart was throbbing, but Olivia comforted herself.
It will be alright soon. His Majesty is also trying, so it will get better soon.
She felt the piercing gaze of Maria from a distance, but Olivia ignored it.
So Olivia didn’t know.
When Leopold and Maria walked up, that she had just barely held on to her heart, it leaked a little bit.
Olivia smiled brightly in spite of everything.
.
.
.
“I’ll prepare the carriage right away.”
It was the job of the Chief Steward. The Chief Steward spoke, avoiding Olivia’s gaze. Olivia smiled faintly. Why was he acting as if he had done something wrong?
Leopold actually went into the palace with Maria Etel.
“It’s alright. I’ve been called by Her Highness, the Princess. The sun is nice, let’s take a walk.”
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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