“Earl’s paintings are still selling for a fortune. They are so invaluable that even forgeries won’t sell.”
“What good does that do? I can’t even show my face.”
“Then paint forgeries.”
“?!”
Owen’s eyes widened as if they would pop out.
I calmly moved the teacup to my lips.
Though inferior to the tea I had in the palace, it felt incredibly fragrant.
“You expect me to paint my own forgeries! Do you think that makes sense?”
“Calm down and listen. It’s not just about the money.”
“Elizabeth, you keep spouting nonsense.”
“You do realize that your works are so brilliant that nobody can forge them, right?”
Upon hearing the compliment, Owen’s expression softened a bit.
“If forgeries as good as the original appear, it would turn the art world upside down.”
“That may be so, but”
“Has the real Owen returned? Who could’ve painted this? The social circles will only talk about you, Earl.”
“And what are you suggesting?”
“At that time, the fully redeemed Earl will make a grand appearance with the Crown Prince. Can’t you envision your glorious moment?”
“!”
“Nobles will kneel to purchase your art. Invitations to parties will flood in. You can leisurely enjoy your life as an artist, tasting the finest cuisine every day!”
Owen, his eyes dreamy, nodded.
He was completely absorbed in the rosecolored future I proposed.
‘In the original story, it was Owen who came up with the forgery idea. He painted them to fund the revolution. Thanks to that, Claudia prospered.’
Sorry, but Owen and Claudia would never meet.
Even if they met, they wouldn’t form a connection.
A smile appeared on my face, reflecting my bizarre sense of triumph.
“I speak as a fan who loves your paintings, Earl.”
“Your proposal is tempting, but…”
“Just make your decision. I’ll handle the minor details.”
“…Is this really possible?”
“Do you think the heir of Emster would make a losing deal? Let’s make history together. Let’s squash Penelope’s nose flat!”
The moment Owen was about to grasp my hand with a touched expression, a sharp scream rang out from the next table.
“Kyaa!”
That’s when I spotted the masked men.
I instinctively sensed it.
They were targeting me.
Men dressed in black, wearing black gloves, brandished thick horsehair whisks at me.
“Who the hell are you?!”
Owen yelled furiously.
The masked men drew short knives from their sleeves.
There were four of them.
‘Douglas and Nikolai left, so they took their chance. They might even eliminate a hindrance!’
These men were foolish enough to attempt kidnapping in broad daylight.
Desperate, I stepped in front of Owen.
“Wait! I’m the one you’re after, right? I’ll go quietly, just don’t harm anyone!”
For a brief moment, the kidnappers exchanged glances.
That hesitation felt like my last hope to save Owen.
“Do you gain anything by hurting that man? Your master won’t want this to escalate either.”
I don’t know where the courage came from, but my mind was filled with the thought of saving Owen.
“Tch!”
Owen’s body slumped forward.
One of the kidnappers had struck him in a vital area.
They threw a sack over my head.
The light was cut off, and all I could hear was a buzzing sound.
Someone slung me over their shoulder.
My blood rushed to my head.
‘Am I going to die like this? What if something worse happens?’
Fear, which I thought I had forgotten, was very much alive.
In that moment, all I wanted to see was Nikolai, with the corners of his lips lifted in a smirk.
(Time separator)
「Go on, don’t worry and be on your way!」
Nikolai mulled over Elizabeth’s voice numerous times.
Her red, haughty lips.
Her flowing, brightred hair.
A pair of black pearls that sparkled provocatively.
The first bud of spring, the stream water in summer, the ripe autumn sky, the snowflakes that add charm to winter.
The intoxicating scent of Elizabeth had overwhelmed Nikolai.
Of course, the appearance of a stranger was quite unpleasant.
Douglas’s dubious expression had still unsettled him.
When the tail he’d discreetly set up informed him of Elizabeth’s movements, it felt like his blood had flipped.
“It wasn’t love, or even a date. She clearly had no intention of dating another man. It doesn’t look like she and Douglas are more than friends either…”
He felt a childish sense of victory swell within his chest.
Even if it was because of a contract, he was the only one for Elizabeth.
No matter how much he confirmed, the unease never fully subsided.
Changed or not, Elizabeth was a notorious femme fatale.
It wasn’t just Douglas; there were multiple men who were infatuated with her.
Elizabeth was more majestic than a flower perched on a cliff, freer than a bird crossing the sky.
“In contrast, I’m just a Casanova with numerous concubines. It wouldn’t be surprising if Elizabeth quit this seduction game and left.”
Elizabeth, waiting for a kiss with her eyes closed.
Elizabeth, growing pale from embarrassment and awkwardness.
Elizabeth, turning her head away in a precarious moment.
Every aspect of Elizabeth was both endearing and frightening.
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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