If there was someone with deep loyalty to Icar, they might not just sit idly by.
To convey that situation, Reneve looked at Patrick while tapping her earlobe.
…!
Patrick understood the meaning of Reneve’s action, and his eyes widened.
Keeping Reneve in his arms, who nodded, Patrick pulled out a sheet of paper from his pocket and spread it on the desk.
Watching Patrick, Reneve took out a pen from the desk.
Then, Patrick, observing her actions, quickly took out a sheet of paper from his pocket.
“Listen well, Patrick.”
Nodding his head, Patrick compared the paper in Reneve’s hands with the one he took out from his pocket alternately.
“Brainwashing, coercion, nothing like that.”
Looking at the paper, Patrick sighed deeply. Then he took Reneve’s pen and began writing under her words.
“Then what? You’re not trying to say you fell in love with the enemy Emperor, right?”
Reneve nodded, looking straight into Patrick’s eyes.
“Hah…”
Upon that, Patrick burst into laughter, crumpling the paper with words on it.
“Don’t joke around. If you’re asking for help, now is the only chance. You’re just sympathizing and getting swayed by the Emperor because you’ve been living as a hostage for too long.”
“Are you talking about Stockholm syndrome?”
“Yeah, that. ”
Reneve sighed deeply. Then Patrick’s eyes narrowed even more.
“Patrick. Are you trying to say that I lack independence now?”
“What are you talking about?”
“That’s right.”
Looking at the word ‘brainwashing’ and ‘coercion’ written on the paper with her fingertip, Reneve spoke.
“…Thinking it’s because of this that you believe I’m lacking independence is the very evidence itself.”
“Really not? Reneve, look me straight in the eyes and tell me.”
Patrick, who had naturally wide eyes, stared at Reneve. Reneve also stared back at Patrick without averting her gaze.
It seemed like Patrick, who seemed hesitant to believe, had only now asked with a foolish expression.
“…Really?”
“Yeah. I genuinely decided on this marriage without any coercion. It’s entirely my will.”
Patrick’s eyes deepened. Reneve’s eyebrows also deepened.
‘How can I explain this…’
With a momentary consideration, Reneve came up with a good idea.
“Patrick. Now that you’re of age, it’s about time you got married, right?”
“Why did the conversation suddenly shift in that direction?”
Patrick rolled his eyes, looking puzzled at the mention of marriage. Reneve quickly spoke up.
“Don’t avoid it; just think about it carefully.”
“What, think about what?”
“Imagine an exceptionally beautiful noblewoman confessing her feelings to Patrick.”
With a raised eyebrow, Patrick gestured for Reneve to continue speaking.
“But this lady is also from a prestigious family. Moreover, she unconditionally believes in Patrick, loves him immensely.”
“Where on earth is such a woman?”
Patrick scoffed at Reneve with an expression of disbelief. However, Reneve didn’t back down.
“What if such good fortune came to me? The Emperor himself is that person for me.”
For a moment, Patrick remained silent, contemplating. Then he spoke.
“Whether what you’re saying is true or not, we’ll find out from now on.”
Having failed to persuade Patrick, Reneve returned to the reception room where Siren Lord and Icar were present.
Although Icar had requested tea, Reneve’s hands were empty.
In any case, he didn’t really want tea. It was just an excuse to make Reneve leave the room.
As Reneve approached the reception room door, a standing knight guarding the front spoke.
“My lord has strictly instructed not to allow anyone in.”
“I am his only daughter.”
“Yes, especially Miss Reneve was told not to enter.”
The knight held his head high, quite stubborn.
“Alright. I understand.”
Reneve ordered a servant to bring a chair and, as if in a protest, sat vigilantly in front of the reception room.
The standing knights guarding the reception room door looked at each other with awkward expressions.
Reneve paid no attention to those knights and stared fixedly at the reception room door.
Waiting for it to open as soon as possible.
How much time had passed like this?
Sitting for a long time on a hard wooden chair made her back stiff.
Yet, there was no sign of the reception room door opening.
“Miss, how about having a meal and resting a bit? If you continue like this, both the Emperor and the Lord will worry about your health.”
Amber approached cautiously and suggested.
“Hmm? Miss.”
It wasn’t a wrong statement.
If it were to be a long-term war, storing up strength was the right thing to do.
“Alright. I’ll do that.”
In the end, Reneve, glaring at the knights guarding the reception room door, stood up.
The knights looked at each other with relieved expressions.
They had merely followed the orders of the Siren Lord. However, they seemed to be genuinely worried about Reneve.
As Reneve took a few steps, something happened.
The sound of the door opening was heard from behind. Reneve quickly turned around.
…?
Icar was coming out of the reception room. As soon as he came out, he loosened his cravat. Looking at his tired face, Reneve’s heart sank.
“Miss!”
Reneve quickly ran towards Icar. Grabbing her cheeks, he looked at her with a worried expression.
“Did you wait here all the time?”
…!
The smell of alcohol was strong.
‘Surely! Was his request for all the toxic drinks in the Lord’s residence to be brought here?’
Reneve inhaled sharply, her eyes widening.
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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