There was no reason for Estelle to defend Johan. If there was, it was merely because Johan was technically Estelle’s husband.
Such a foolish woman.
Even with a knife to her throat, she was uttering foolish words.
“I’ll hear the Duke’s side of the story. I have no intention of listening to someone who belittles my husband.”
Johan immediately entered the room.
The moment he entered the room and saw Anton pointing a dagger at Estelle.
‘Such a thing.’
Whether it annoyed him or not, anger welled up inside him.
He didn’t know why.
He didn’t want to see this scene.
He didn’t want to see such filthy hands directed towards Estelle.
In that moment, all thoughts of Estelle being his fake wife flew away.
Perhaps Estelle was afraid to see the brutal side of Johan, he didn’t even consider that.
So he was worried too late.
But Estelle’s reaction was completely different from what he had expected.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Johan’s voice fell to a whisper. This was a sign of serious circumstances.
Sympathy, huh? He didn’t expect to hear such nonsense. Anton was the one who even tried to harm me.
My sympathy is too valuable to be given to such a man.
“That’s not it.”
I shook my head vehemently. From here on was important.
“Not so?”
The depth of Johan’s gaze deepened. It seemed he was contemplating what my denial meant.
But the most effective response is to show it with actions. Then he won’t have any frivolous thoughts.
Finally mustering up courage, I turned to look at Anton, who seemed to be lost in his own blood.
‘In the original, I fled with Anton.’
Even while watching Johan’s cruel acts, I even said things like, isn’t there a need to kill people so brutally?
Watching that, Johan began to despise me even more.
He was disgusted by my highminded living without even knowing the sins my parents committed. That highmindedness was probably the outcome that his enemy wanted to achieve.
Johan tilted his head and gave a twisted smile. That meant, he was willing to listen, right?
Just then, Anton who was rolling around suddenly shouted out in fury.
“Right now, Libertan is a tra”
The moment he said that, I stepped forward and slapped his face.
Slap!
And then I kicked his shin with my shoe.
Thump!
“The punishment for insulting my husband is my job.”
I hit him once, then twice.
‘Is this enough?’
It was only a stationary target, but because my hand was too soft, it turned red and started to hurt.
‘I shouldn’t hit with my hand next time.’
I have to at least use a tool. Humans are toolusing beings.
Looking at Anton, who was barely maintaining his senses, I calmly opened my mouth.
“You can do whatever you want to me. I’m someone who can handle it. But don’t insult or belittle the Duke as you please.”
Anton, who hadn’t expected this situation at all, stared blankly as I trampled him.
For some reason, I felt a burning gaze on the side of my face.
Even though I couldn’t understand the meaning, it seemed to be a move beyond Johan’s calculation.
So, I tried even harder to hit and step on Anton. This one step might save my life. But the harder I tried, the more my hands burst into red, and my ankle gradually became painful.
‘Why is my body so fragile?’
I thought it was amazing how they managed to withstand all the hardships of the original work.
‘Come to think of it, it’s a bit strange that I’m alive up until now.’
After struggling for a long time, I gently looked back at Johan.
“Duke?”
Somehow, Johan’s expression felt a little different from what I usually see.
A strangely cold and frightening, obsessive gaze.
‘Did I do something wrong?’
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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