Just from briefly touching me, his eyebrows slanted slightly in a frown. Even such a subtle change was enough to read the negative emotions it carried.
It wasn’t just avoidance or disgust, but a chilling disdain.
“I’m sorry…”
Though I tried to apologize belatedly, Leus ignored me as if I never existed in this space and walked past.
I watched Leus’s retreating figure for a long time.
‘Why does he hate me so much?’
I couldn’t figure out why, but Leus had shown signs of disliking me from a long time ago… no, since our first meeting.
I had never been a nuisance to him like others, nor did I recall making any significant mistakes. In fact, I was the one trying to avoid any entanglement with him.
Yet, Leus openly displayed his dislike for me.
“Why do you hate me so much yet wanted to be engaged?”
Both men were just bizarre.
On this day, my desire to leave this wretched original story grew even stronger.
Yesterday, I couldn’t bring myself to laugh and be merry at the ball, so I went home early. I didn’t want to see Cassien falling for Iris.
‘Whatever happens, it’s over now… I should forget about it.’
Honestly, it was a lie to say I felt nothing, but I tried to focus on my upcoming escape.
During that usual day in my storeroom in the annex, chatting with my maid and friend Eni since childhood, she suddenly clapped her hands and handed me something.
“Oh, right! I almost forgot. Surprisingly, there’s a letter for you.”
“A letter?”
Judging by her reaction, it wasn’t from Loshan or Emily…
From your fiancé Cassien —
Seeing the name on the envelope, I stiffened. Not angry, just bewildered.
‘Why would he send me a letter?’
To my knowledge, after meeting Iris at the royal ball, Cassien’s attention had been solely on her.
He consistently ignored my letters, and at times, would even throw them into the fire in front of the servants.
So, according to the original story, I shouldn’t matter to Cassien at all.
But why?
I quickly opened the letter.
It was two pages long, filled with Cassien’s unmistakable handwriting.
Summarizing it, he was either apologizing or declaring his undying love for me.
In conclusion, he couldn’t break off our engagement.
“…”
“Looks like the noble young master has finally come to his senses?” Eni teased, nudging my shoulder, but I couldn’t smile at all.
‘Didn’t he meet Iris at the palace…?’
It seemed the original story had begun to deviate around this time.
If only that letter had been a mere whim. But contrary to my hopes, Cassien kept sending letters consistently since the day after returning from the royal ball.
I didn’t reply to any of them.
I also started going out frequently, fearing he might suddenly show up at my home. Though Peria seemed displeased with my frequent outings, I had no choice.
Today, I called Loshan and Emily to pass the time at the plaza.
‘Why do I have to suffer like this?’
I should have been quietly preparing for my escape!
While I was deeply engrossed in my thoughts about the original story, the two were busy discussing the new princess, Iris.
“So, who is the princess’s father?”
“The third Empress, you know, the one who lives outside the palace… Was her name Avinoa? Anyway, they say she’s the daughter of the third Empress.”
“By the looks of it, it seemed like the Empress didn’t know.”
“That’s why… I thought I was going to die of fear…”
“Me too—”
At my deep sigh, Loshan paused and then, frustrated, asked, “What’s with you these past few days? No, tell us about the palace banquet. What happened after you two left together? Why won’t you tell us?”
“Ah!”
“Agh, you startled me!”
They stayed at the ball until the end, right?
“Listen, was Cassien there until the end of the ball?”
Loshan seemed oblivious, but then Emily spoke up, “Uh… I saw him return to the ballroom a bit after you left.”
“And then?”
“Huh?”
“Was he there until the Emperor introduced the princess?”
“Um… I think he was there until then.”
What? So, they did meet.
But why does he keep sending me letters?
“Then…”
I was about to ask more when Loshan interrupted me, “No! You first. What happened after you disappeared and then went straight back to the Earl’s house? I have to hear it today.”
It seemed she would literally grab my hair if I said nothing happened. I hesitantly replied, “Cassien asked for another chance…”
“And then! What did you say?”
“…I said no?”
“Wow!”
Loshan’s loud voice made both Emily and I flinch. She then gave a sly smile, “Good for you. This naive girl finally got her senses! Though I wish you’d give him a taste of his own medicine…”
Loshan laughed resignedly, knowing that wouldn’t be possible.
Suddenly, the café terrace buzzed with noise, and a shadow loomed over me.
Loshan’s face crumpled as she looked behind me, “You were here, Roel.”
Looking up, Cassien, whom I had been avoiding with frequent letters, was standing over me.
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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