Startled by the loud slamming of the door, Dewin sprang up from his seat. Twisting his tense body around, he scanned the surroundings only to find the office already empty.
Realizing he had no one to direct his anger at, Dewin sank back into his seat powerlessly.
“What exactly made him so angry?”
Usually, Dewin had a hard time gauging his master’s mood.
His master rarely showed trivial emotions and remained unflappable in most situations, making it nearly impossible to read him.
However, for some reason, his master’s mood had been fluctuating wildly lately.
Throwing pens down in frustration, staring blankly into space, leaning back in his chair muttering curses under his breath, pressing his forehead with a complex expression – all these had become somewhat familiar.
“Well, after all, His Excellency is human too.”
It was entirely possible.
But the crucial issue was the unknown reason behind these reactions.
“Now that I think about it, he stormed out after looking out the window.”
With a grave expression, Dewin approached the window where Reus had stood earlier. Looking down, he saw Lady Roel engaging in conversation with some maids in the garden.
“Could it be… His Excellency got angry after seeing her?”
It was just a conversation, wasn’t it?
A sense of determination inexplicably filled Dewin.
Although the reason was unknown, he felt a sense of duty to ensure that Roel’s stay in the Duchy would be trouble-free.
Dewin’s resolve, and the kindness of the other servants, wasn’t just natural.
Initially, when Roel first appeared, Dewin scrutinized every action and expression, suspecting some hidden agenda behind her seemingly innocent facade. He feared that his master might be ensnared in some trap.
Similarly concerned, the other servants of the Duchy shared these apprehensions.
The unexpected reactions from Lady Shanette, unusual orders, and peculiar shopping lists all pointed towards the Duke bringing home a fiancée or bride.
It seemed unlikely that the Duke, known for his lack of expressiveness, would bring home a lady out of love. It had to be a union driven by advantage. But which noble lady would become the mistress of the Rocheter Duchy?
What kind of person would she be? Would she disturb the pleasant environment of the Duchy? Would she turn the household upside down under the pretense of taking charge?
These worries spiraled into a situation where the servants, deeply fond of the Duchy, bristled at the thought of an unpleasant future Duchess.
As the atmosphere within the Duchy grew tense with everyone preparing for an event that hadn’t even happened yet, the mysterious lady revealed herself much sooner than expected.
The lady with eyes reminiscent of a summer lake had a gentle voice and proper demeanor. Thankfully, she seemed far removed from any maliciousness.
The daughter of the Ibel Earl, right?
But, surprisingly, they say the Duke brought her out of love!
The Duke Rocheter?
Really?
Although it was difficult for the servants to accept this, they were baffled by something else.
The future mistress, Roel Ibel, lacked the typical haughtiness of nobility and was astonishingly kind and gentle.
She never overlooked a simple greeting, making sure to look everyone in the eye, from maids to footmen, expressing her gratitude with warmth and kindness.
“Such a person would be loved wherever she goes, so why did she have to marry our Duke?”
Nobles are often blinded by greed, but sending such a lovely daughter to the infamous Duke of Rocheter seemed incomprehensible.
The Earl of Ibel was one of the most distinguished noble families, which only added to the servants’ bewilderment.
And they all thought the same thing.
If Roel Ibel had been their daughter, they would have never sent her to the Duke!
The servants were well aware that the Duke’s estate provided a very good working environment, with lots of conveniences and the highest wages. But that didn’t necessarily make the Duke an ideal husband.
Without fail, the Duke woke up at the same time every day, headed straight to the training ground, and swung his sword until dawn. Then, he would immediately go for breakfast.
Afterward, he would either stay holed up in his office all day or leave the estate and not return for the entire day. Sometimes, he would even leave the estate for weeks at a time.
And his personality? Far from warm. They had never even seen him faintly smile.
As for women, he was utterly indifferent.
The pile of invitation and courtship letters thrown into the trash was so high that counting them became the most meaningless task in the Rocheter estate.
Thus, the servants always found themselves puzzled whether to feel consistent about the Duke’s behavior or to worry seriously about it.
“It seems like a mistake for him to get married…” they thought, until one day their master suddenly brought home a woman.
He didn’t just smile when making eye contact, he even escorted her. His voice softened when he called the future Lady’s name.
Even in the usually empty dining room, he stayed for dessert time!
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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