“You’re not used to the smell of cigars.”
Above the voice feigning concern, a clever malice rose. Mockery clearly showed above the eyes of Maria Etel, who pretended to be innocent.
Olivia smiled lightly.
So this was the reason Maria Etel had sought her out.
Olivia looked silently at Maria Etel. Surprisingly, Maria was truly beautiful.
Her dazzling golden hair, lovely pale face, confident demeanor, and sparkling blue eyes were so beautiful. She had always been loved and pampered.
So that was why Leopold couldn’t let go of Maria.
“My lady?”
As if breaking the silence, Maria called Olivia familiarly. Olivia swallowed words she couldn’t say. The words, sharp and broken, painfully pricked Olivia’s heart.
Looking at the mocking eyes, Olivia deliberately responded with a broad smile.
“That’s right. His Highness usually doesn’t smoke cigars in front of me. You must be fortunate, Your Grace. Your bronchi must be strong.”
Maria’s face twisted for a moment. As she seemed to search for words, Olivia spoke calmly.
“Do you want to be the queen?”
Maria froze. In this crowded place, Olivia spoke in a voice neither small nor large.
“In our Franz Empire, where polygamy is not recognized, the only place you could ascend would be as the wife of Count Lowaltz.”
There were two ways for a young lady to become a queen. Live as a lady, or find a suitable marriage and then unofficially serve as queen under a silent agreement.
“Since Lady Lowaltz has been small and short for 30 years, it’s the perfect place, isn’t it?”
Of course, neither was honorable.
Belatedly appearing angered, Maria abruptly stood from her seat, forgetting the nobles straining to overhear.
“How dare you, say such things, to me!”
“If not, then what’s the reason for you to keep flaunting your close relationship with His Highness?”
At Olivia’s quiet words, Maria’s lips trembled. Her frail blue eyes seemed to well with tears before Maria ran off somewhere.
Watching Maria’s receding figure, Olivia also rose. Pain surged through her foot as she took a step.
Walking with an emotionless face, young ladies crowded around Olivia.
“My lady, it seemed like you were having an interesting conversation. Let us join you.”
“The first and second dances were wonderful.”
“Speaking of which, where did Lady Etel go?”
Covert probes, masked with sweet voices, filled the space around Olivia.
In the obvious provocation, Olivia replied, “Indeed.” The nobles, troubled by the ambiguous statement, pressed Olivia with growing impatience.
“How do you know the Duke? Why is Lady Etel angry? Why is the crown prince not showing himself?”
Though their speech was aristocratic, they showed no respect towards Olivia, and the words poured out. Olivia smiled broadly and bowed her head slightly.
“As you can see, there has been so much going on. I must excuse myself early today.”
Spiteful whispers followed her, but she didn’t care.
A pain like a burning sensation spread through her foot. Olivia walked upright, looking around. There was no sign of the Duke anywhere in the banquet hall.
Regrettably, she missed him. Olivia blinked and sighed.
She hadn’t even talked about the jewel pin that Esella had given her.
The victory celebration would continue for a few days, and she would have a chance to meet the Duke at some party.
She felt confident that she could get the pin back if she asked then.
Strangely, she knew she could.
A faint smile graced Olivia’s lips.
[This is the time separator]“Aah!!”
In the splendid princess’s room, Princess Reyna screamed.
Crushing a bouquet with a venomous look, Reyna gritted her teeth.
Edwin Lowell Vicander. A Duke known as barely a butcher.
How dare he not offer a sword to me, equal to the grace of His Majesty.
At first, it was true, she hesitated because of the rumor that he was called a butcher.
But when she saw his splendid appearance, her heart changed. “If he has such a face,” she thought, and smiled first.
The image of the Duke ignoring her with her bouquet and turning away was vivid. How dare the Duke scorn me, the shame of Madelleine.
Such humiliation was a first in her life.
How dare, how dare!!! Olivia Madelleine, dancing with the Duke and the crown prince as if she was the hostess of the party!
It was unbelievable. That place was naturally Reyna Frantz’s place!
“Act like a princess, Reyna. You have the noblest blood, don’t you?”
Only then did Reyna lift her head. Her mother, sitting with dignity, smiled.
The Empress, her mother, always controlled Olivia with a flick of her finger.
Hearing her mother’s words, Reyna felt greatly calmed. The breath that had been ragged in anger gradually eased, and Reyna continued to think.
As a princess, she had to break Olivia Madelleine’s arrogance.
Her complicated mind became clear.
Come to think of it, doesn’t the enemy of Madelleine disgrace my sister, foolishly alone in the flower garden?
Reyna’s blue eyes sparkled for a moment. Her mother also smiled deeply at the sight of her daughter, who seemed to have a good idea.
[This is the time separator]The carriage darkened. Already, the mansion’s wall was visible through the window.
Her feet, which had been upright until leaving the banquet hall, collapsed as soon as she got into the carriage.
You held up well, Olivia.
Suddenly, Esella’s request to talk about the party came to mind.
That the Duke swore to me, that we finally danced our first dance, and that I warned Lady Etel.
Except for the first thing, they were absolute secrets. Olivia, thinking quietly, sighed.
It would have been nice to say I saw Jade.
Despite the victory celebration, Jade was nowhere to be seen in the banquet hall. Where on earth could he be?
The carriage stopped, and Olivia entered the mansion. The accumulated pain rushed as she stepped.
“You.”
At the familiar voice, Olivia’s head shot up. The voice that came from the front of the staircase was unmistakable.
It was Jade.
“Jade!”
Overwhelmed by joy, Olivia ran toward the staircase. The pain in her foot, the piledup resentment, nothing mattered when she saw Jade, who had returned healthily.
“I’ve been waiting for so long!”
“What’s your relationship with that madman.”
At the menacing voice, Olivia stopped in her tracks.
There had never been such a look.
In all the imaginations of Jade’s return, there had never been a vision of Jade glaring at me.
Olivia stared blankly at Jade.
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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