Everyone in this family has large hands. Caught in such an irrelevant thought, Diana suddenly came to her senses.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
As she let go and tried to rise, thump, an ink bottle toppled over, causing a mess.
“I’ll handle it.”
Diana closed her eyes, wiping away sweat. Declan rose from his seat, his tall, muscular frame exuding an authority that belied his retired knight status.
With an indifferent look, he gestured to a servant nearby.
“Clean this up.”
“Yes? Yes! Right away.”
Declan indifferently picked up Diana. Caught off guard by the sudden action, Diana was slow to grasp the situation.
“Uh, Dad?”
“You require a lot of attention, miss.”
Ha-ha, that’s what I said to your son. Diana awkwardly smiled as she was carried in a princess hold.
“What’s all this fuss about?”
In the office, where it seemed like another bomb had dropped, Felice muttered.
Watching the servants bustle, Felice was about to pick up a paper untouched by ink when he felt a tiny hand tug at his pants.
Looking down, his eyes met the bright red eyes of a child, making him frown. He hadn’t sensed the presence, especially of a child.
“Uncle.”
Felice hid his thoughts and crouched down to meet Noel’s gaze.
“Listen, kid. Could you call me ‘brother’? If your sister and my brother get married, we’ll be family, right?”
Noel looked at him with a distasteful expression.
“My family only needs my sister.”
Not yet aware of the marriage? Felice shrugged nonchalantly, deciding to appease the illegitimate brother of his future sister-in-law.
“Alright, so little lord, what do you need?”
“Lady Irene, the Countess.”
“Huh?”
“How do you know her?”
“Huh, this uncle. Doesn’t answer all at once.” Noel just wanted to ask about the woman and quickly return to Diana’s side.
He didn’t like having a man who looked just like Roderick around. He didn’t like anyone in this family.
“She’s a young lady who came to our house two years ago. I’ve known her since she was a child, but after her parents passed away, she came to rely on our family. She had a letter from our late mother with her. So, my father decided to sponsor her.”
Noel listened to this unnecessary information, nodded, and then rushed out of the office.
“Hey, hey! Kid.”
Just leaving without a word? Kids these days have no manners. Felice shook his head in a not-quite-old-man manner.
Duke Schwarze’s presence made the wide corridor seem narrow, creating an optical illusion.
His mere presence caused the passing servants to scatter like a receding tide.
Where is this? Who am I?
Why am I being carried in someone else’s father’s arms?
Eek! She ignored a startled scream from somewhere.
Let’s not think about anything. It’s easier to let go. Diana lay quietly in Duke Schwarze’s arms, her expression resigned.
“Daren.”
At the deep voice, Daren bowed his head.
“Yes, Your Grace.”
“You allowed the lady to go outside despite her serious condition?”
“I’m sorry.”
The familiarity of the face was a fleeting comfort. It turned out later that Daren had been guarding her constantly in Roderick’s absence.
Roderick’s knight, left behind, was his right-hand man and vice-captain, Daren.
“I wonder if Roderick is overestimating you.”
Really, you think so?
“I’ll correct it.”
“Tell the steward to arrange a sparring session.”
“…Understood.”
Daren’s response was delayed. He was dreading it.
Sparring with Roderick was tough, but with the Duke, it was even more intense. Sweat poured down his back.
“Any other anomalies?”
“Nothing, except for an encounter with Countess Irene.”
“I see.”
Daren didn’t report Diana’s threatening encounter with the Countess in detail. That was for his lord to know.
Countess Irene? He seemed to recall someone speaking, but couldn’t remember.
“Father, I think I’m feeling better now. I can walk.”
Duke Declan, looking down, responded bluntly.
“Seems like you are.”
She clearly did not look okay.
Her sweaty, pale appearance resembled a drenched rabbit. Her earlier defiance had vanished.
“Call my personal physician.”
“Understood.”
“No! There’s no need for that, Sir Daren!”
Diana couldn’t stop Daren from leaving. The doctor would only give her bitter medicine.
“Lady, you seem to have something to tell me.”
Duke Declan carefully laid her on the bed and covered her completely, treating her like a total invalid.
Just like Roderick. When is he coming? I’m sick because of this man.
It seemed Roderick had also quickly realized she could absorb the curse.
The Duke seemed to have noticed too. It was time to strike first! It was a fact bound to come out anyway.
“Father.”
Diana took a deep breath and dropped another bombshell.
“I can lift the curse on this family!”
“What?”
Huh? Wasn’t this what he wanted to hear?
“…….”
“…….”
In the frozen space, the Duke’s expressionless face crumpled beautifully.
What kind of nonsense is this? That was exactly the look on his face.
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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