“Us… we’re not parting ways today, right…?”
Her mouth moved on its own.
Arthur hesitated and looked at Reyna.
Unintentionally, without her realizing, Reyna blurted out words and held her breath.
Arthur looked at her frozen figure.
He seemed like someone who had heard unexpected words.
“……That’s awkward.”
“Now you know that you have to put my wife back where she belongs.”
Before saying such words, his expression seemed hesitant.
!
Reyna was taken aback.
For a moment, she felt like she was making Arthur uncomfortable.
She didn’t want to ruin the good memories he had of her, clinging to his favor and expecting his kindness in a fake marriage.
In a desperate attempt to explain, Reyna spoke again.
“So, what I mean is… It’s not what you think. Actually, I thought I had a few more days…”
Reyna sealed her lips again.
What am I trying to say?
Is it because I haven’t finished the handkerchief to give to you that I’m asking for a little more time?
Is it too sudden?
Who am I?
The few days left for me were surely more important than Miss Cristina’s treatment.
Reyna knew very well how much she could do for Arthur Hujak.
I…
I…
“…….”
…What am I doing now?
Reyna closed and opened her eyes.
Then, gradually, her mind seemed to clear.
Reyna pursed her dry lips and opened her mouth.
“So… Before we part ways, I thought it would be good to tell you about Julius, who I know….”
I’ve lived in the city all my life.
You will live in the city for the rest of your life.
And what I can do for you, who will become the master of this land with Miss.
Only then did she seem to know what she had to say.
When Reyna raised her head, she could awkwardly smile.
Reyna wasn’t good at lying, but if there was a reason she could convince herself, she could do it.
Reyna continued her words with an awkward smile.
“I thought I could tell you a little bit. I’m a native of Julius, and it seems like Arthur doesn’t know this place well. …Of course, since you’ll get to know Miss Cristina, it may not be necessary, but…”
Her heart thumped anxiously.
Just…
Anything I can do for you.
It would be nice if there was something that could help you even a little.
So, just a little more, if there was time to repay…
Arthur silently looked at Reyna.
Meeting his gaze, Reyna continued her hesitant words, feeling like her mind was getting whiter.
“Miss Cristina hardly goes outside the mansion. Almost home, temple, home, temple… She just goes back and forth. So, since you might not know various places on the estate… I thought I could tell you about many good places.”
Just before saying it out loud, she thought it was a reasonable excuse.
After uttering it, she wondered if it might sound like a dubious story.
But since it was already out, there was nothing she could do.
Reyna awkwardly shrugged her shoulders, raising and lowering them with a forced smile.
Hoping to appear casual and straightforward.
“So, are we parting ways already?… I thought about it. Because I’ve received more than I’ve given…”
Tick. Tock.
The sound of the clock echoed loudly in the quiet room.
His response came out a bit slowly.
“Good places…”
He looked at Reyna with a slightly relaxed posture, then opened his mouth.
“Are you going to tell me about Julius?”
Reyna clenched the hem of her skirt nervously.
“…Yes.”
And she added hesitantly.
“It’s not anything remarkable, but…”
Reyna continued her words.
“I… can tell you about Julius. From the perspective of someone from the estate.”
Arthur smirked.
His smiling eyes seemed to acknowledge her and wait for the next words.
Reyna bowed her head again and muttered.
“Arthur will continue to live here. So, before I leave, I thought telling you what I know might be a bit helpful…”
What started as an excuse soon became sincere.
Reyna anxiously gathered the edges of her skirt.
“I know quite a few secret places. Since there won’t be anyone to visit them after I leave… If Arthur writes them down, it might be useful. There are also places you can go with Miss.”
Then, Reyna blushed with an embarrassed and apologetic expression.
“…Nothing else comes to mind that I can help you with, unlike Miss.”
Did I talk about Miss for no reason?
Did it seem too self-conscious?
Reyna bit her lip without grace, bowed her head.
But she felt the need to justify herself.
To not forget her role, her purpose.
While waiting for his response, Reyna remembered the marriage contract she had tucked into her notebook.
A promise to do their best as good spouses during the time together.
He was keeping that promise.
He bought Grandma’s clothes, assigned knights to accompany me, and provided enough money to not be shaken by any difficulty or fear.
But I couldn’t do anything for him.
I didn’t know how I could be a good wife to him.
To protect him from harm, all I could do was step back…
“……”
He told me that I was helpful, but that was evidence that I deceived him.
The fact that he met me was evidence that he was insulted and flawed.
As I bowed my head with a miserable feeling,
Arthur smirked.
“Madam.”
“…Yes.”
The address he used made my chest feel strangely warm.
With a face containing a subtle hint of a smile, Arthur looked at Reyna.
“At least tonight is not the last night. It’s not a situation where I can let you go yet.”
“…”
The moment Reyna heard those words, she realized she was holding her breath.
Arthur calmly lowered his gaze.
“But you…”
With a small laugh, his gaze returned to her, making Reyna’s heart pound.
He opened his eyes slightly, looking at Reyna.
“Are you telling me about places to go on a date with another woman?”
“…”
Arthur looked at Reyna with a peculiar smile.
Then, he placed his hand on her waist, and with a slightly disappointed yet playful expression, tilted his head.
“Is that the care you give me as a good wife?”
Reyna stared at him in a daze.
Looking at her silently, Arthur lightly flicked her forehead, not causing any pain.
“Is that the role you expect of yourself as my wife?”
“…”
Reyna touched her forehead in confusion.
Arthur grinned slyly.
He turned, taking his coat from Reyna’s hands, which was draped over her.
“…I thought you didn’t want to part yet. Well… the result is similar.”
“…”
He went into the dressing room, organizing his clothes. Soon, he emerged in casual attire.
Thunk.
Arthur closed the dressing room door and looked at her with a calm smile.
“I don’t completely understand why you say such things, as if you’re watching your words. But the reason I might feel a bit upset now and don’t want to hear such stories from you is probably the same as the reason you wanted to be beautifully adorned for me and asked to see it.”
Arthur laughed simply.
He touched her cheek lightly with his finger.
“Think about why that is.”
“…”
Arthur quietly watched her and removed a pin from Reyna’s hair.
“In any case, it means you want to stay by my side a bit longer.”
Saruk.
As the pin was pulled out, Reyna’s soft raven hair cascaded down her shoulders.
“There must be a lot to talk about. It’s late at night.”
“…”
Arthur combed Reyna’s tangled hair slowly with his fingers.
“Because there may not be much time left.”
“…”
The unsettling expression on his cold face, coupled with an inexplicable laughter in his voice, eerily captivated people.
“Do you want to hear the stories you tell me?”
“…”
He started gently arranging Reyna’s clothes.
Arthur removed one of her thickest outer garments.
Tuck.
“We might have a lot to share.”
Next, he adjusted the shawl on Reyna’s shoulders.
“The night should be long.”
Reyna somehow couldn’t find a reply.
Arthur was too close.
“Until before you fall asleep.”
Sensation tingled.
The breeze brushing against her made the tips of her toes tremble.
“I will listen. Please tell me about Julius.”
His voice lazily filled the room.
Even the candlelight seemed to dim in the voice that made everything obscure.
“I’m talking to you because I like it.”
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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