Seeing Daelina extend her hand to Philip, I felt an eerie sensation. I narrowed my eyes.
‘Doesn’t a kiss on the back of the hand seem inappropriate in front of his wife? Of course, they’re going to divorce, but they haven’t yet, have they?’
Of course, I know they’re getting married.
Moreover, a kiss on the back of the hand was a sign of respect and devotion that a gentleman usually showed to a lady, so it was fitting for a party.
But I slightly covered my face with my fan.
I intended to look away as Philip kissed Daelina’s hand.
At the same time, I thought I caught a fleeting glimpse of Philip’s eyes on me.
‘Is he watching my reaction?’
Or am I mistaken, wishing for it to be true?
Actually, it was so fleeting I was confused.
Instead of holding Daelina’s hand, Philip leaned back and grinned broadly.
“Wonder what Enoch had to say about my story?”
Daelina, startled, slowly lowered her hand. Her hand, with nowhere to go, showed a trace of embarrassment.
On the other hand, I felt satisfied.
‘Well done, Philip. Remarry after the divorce.’
She quickly recovered her expression and smiled serenely again.
“Yes, just as I heard from Master Enoch.”
“How did Enoch speak of me?”
“He said no man could match the Count’s dignity.”
At these words, Philip, with a smile on his face, met Enoch’s eyes and slightly shrugged his shoulders.
“Fortunately, it’s not a negative comment.”
Enoch chuckled.
“Why would I insult you? Your Highness only speaks well of you. Heh heh.”
“That’s good. Thank you for thinking highly of me.”
Philip, nodding his head, motioned for me to come closer.
“Countess Sor, this is my wife, Ellen.”
Daelina had asked him to call her by her first name, but Philip called her by her title.
Daelina’s brow furrowed slightly and then smoothed. But she returned with a gentle expression as if nothing had happened.
The change was so swift I wondered if I had seen it correctly.
“And, my lady, this is Countess Sor, brought by Master Enoch.”
“Pleased to meet you. I’m glad to meet you, my lady.”
Seeing her, she smiled innocently and bowed her head. I wondered if I had been mistaken.
Enchanted by Philip’s dazzling appearance.
I recalled that Daelina was Philip’s future happy spouse.
‘So, I should welcome her warmly.’
That would take me one step further from the death flag.
I was about to accept her greeting, taking a deep breath when I caught a glimpse of her momentary sneer.
I had not misseen this change of expression. Her behavior was incomprehensible.
“I feel the same, Your Highness.”
With that, I became truly Ellen, accepting her greeting with a chilly attitude.
Daelina, the character, was strange.
In the latter part of the novel, Ellen and Daelina have a scene together. But before that, they were strangers.
Why would Daelina sneer at me?
When did she see me? Or did she know me by rumors?
That’s when Enoch greeted me cheerfully.
“It’s been a long time, Countess.”
I only nodded my head slightly in response, unsure how to greet him, and he chuckled awkwardly.
“You remain the same, even though you’ve sent the invitation.”
I had chosen the right answer. I slightly lifted one corner of my mouth and spoke somewhat haughtily.
“Do you think I looked at the guest list myself? I merely instructed the housekeeper.”
If I had known that Philip’s remarried daughter was on the list, I would have excluded her. Because it was not yet her time to appear.
‘I should have checked the list then.’
Swallowing regret, I fanned myself gently and extended my other hand to Enoch.
“Still, thanks to the lady, I see many familiar faces.”
Enoch laughed heartily and reached for my hand. He seemed quite willing to kiss the back of my hand.
“Just in time, a favorite tune is playing.”
That’s when Philip grabbed my hand, interlocking his fingers with mine.
“I have to dance another song with my wife. Why don’t you dance one with your partner and then start a conversation?”
Enoch, whose hand had slipped away, rolled his eyes in confusion, as if wondering why Philip was acting this way.
“Ah, ah. Don’t do that.”
On the other hand, Philip elegantly smiled at me, turned me towards him, and moved his foot.
I followed Philip’s step before I knew it.
After taking a few more steps and looking back, I saw that Enoch had started an elegant waltz with Dalina, looking as graceful as a butterfly.
As I was watching them, Philip said,
“Lady, isn’t it better to look my way?”
“Yes?”
“You’re so tired you’ve forgotten the waltz, aren’t you? I’m worried you might step on my foot again if you look away.”
Although he spoke with a thin smile, the timing of starting the waltz was a bit strange.
“You’re suddenly waltzing in the middle of a conversation?”
Philip turned his gaze elsewhere for a moment, then looked at me and laughed.
“Didn’t I tell you? It’s a song I like.”
“Isn’t it rude to do so in front of an old friend and a woman you’ve just met? Although I can’t say it outright, isn’t she your remarried wife?”
“I have to avoid committing a greater rudeness.”
“Yes?”
“I saw Lady Sor’s expression change for a moment.”
“Yes?”
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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