Maria from a while ago indeed seemed that way. Seeing the reception room cluttered with documents, she was surprised, didn’t know what to do, but soon began to pick up the documents.
Awkwardly organizing the documents and the face she made when our eyes met, smiling coquettishly, as if to show me something. Yes, Leopold loved such Maria Ethel – cute and lovely. Sometimes she even revealed something to me with a mischievous charm.
“My Maria seems to be diligently performing the duties of an engaged lady. So earnestly.”
“I’m working hard on the preparations, but how did you know?”
Mischievously, Maria blinked as if she didn’t know anything.
“…But there’s a slightly insufficient part in the budget allocation.”
“Budget?”
Leopold’s reaction was as usual. With confidence, Maria continued speaking.
“Yes. But it’s my first party to host…”
“Maria.”
“Yes?”
At the moment Maria was about to answer, Leopold’s voice, entering abruptly, left her puzzled. It was a moment when the face of the smiling Leopold felt somewhat chilly.
“Speak directly. My Maria doesn’t host any parties, right?”
Oh, a slip of the tongue. This was the duty of the engaged lady and at the same time, the summer party hosted by the princess.
Maria quickly nodded her head. Leopold smiled, grabbed Maria’s hair, and kissed her on the head.
“It’s lacking in the budget. There has never been a shortage before.”
For a moment, Maria’s heart dropped. Although she was delighted to hear how well-prepared she was, the added words hurt Maria.
How could she bring up the story of Olivia Mandelaine in this space, where even the maids and Count Hargis were present?
However, Leopold looked clueless about what I said. It was the same as last time.
“…There was never such an issue.”
Even though Maria clenched her fist tightly, the image didn’t disappear. And while she was doing so, Leopold spoke again.
“How grand of a party are you trying to host?”
Leopold, who was speaking lasciviously, blinked for a moment.
“…The Duke of Bicander is said to attend?”
“Yes?”
“The party. His intention to attend should have arrived.”
“That’s…”
Leopold’s eyes narrowed at Maria’s embarrassed state, unable to continue her words.
“Then what about Olivia?”
Maria’s eyes widened without a hint of calmness at the nonchalant mention of the names. Soon, Maria’s face flushed with embarrassment, and her lips trembled.
“…Why is that?”
“They should obviously come.”
Leopold decisively concluded, looking at Maria. Obviously? What was obvious? It felt like the world was turning white.
Of course, Maria also hoped for Olivia to come to the party.
She hoped that the humble eyes would be dyed with despair as they saw Leopold and me standing confidently.
But, this was… this was not it.
Unable to answer, Maria felt Leopold’s eyes coolly sinking as her face flushed with embarrassment. It wasn’t immediately clear about the attendance.
Olivia had never done such a thing. Even when I asked Maria about her attendance, she always answered casually.
Leopold immediately looked at Lady Sophron.
“…Both of them haven’t responded to the attendance request.”
“Does that make sense?”
“I apologize.”
Until the victory party, the Duke had never attended a party. So, even the experienced Lady Sophron had no other choice but to send an invitation.
“Did the invitation reach the Duke’s house?”
“…I apologize. The news from the messenger who went to Bicander stopped, so I sent another invitation to the Duke’s house. It has been confirmed that the steward of the Duke’s house received it.”
“Your Highness, the Crown Prince. The news from the messenger going to Bicander has stopped.”
Above Lady Sophron’s answer, the report from Count Hargis came to mind.
Leopold’s eyes sank coldly. If the Duke didn’t receive the invitation, Olivia naturally wouldn’t be able to come to the summer party. It seemed like a cunning move to cut me and Olivia off.
Even if Olivia were to return to my side, it was obvious. Suppressing the rising discomfort at the obvious result, Leopold forced himself to calm down.
“…If the Duke doesn’t attend, we should hold the steward of the Duke’s house accountable. Should I go and catch the steward now?”
“…Your Highness. We don’t have the authority to force the Duke to attend.”
Count Hargis, speaking awkwardly, made Leopold’s mouth tighten.
Thud!
In the end, Leopold rose abruptly from the sofa. The room fell silent as if cold water had been poured over it in an instant.
“If there’s no reason, we should create one.”
A sharp remark echoed through the reception room. Astonished, Maria couldn’t say anything.
Leopold, with the same sharpness, left the reception room step by step. Only after Count Hargis followed him did Lady Sophron look up and gaze at Maria Ethel.
The favored lady, who always received only love, blin
“……Just the demeanor itself suggests that you have the bloodline of an emperor.”
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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