Anyhow, he had served for 30 years, been paid well, and along with Mrs. Hurst, the housekeeper, and Jim, the butler, he was treated as one of the three important figures of the mansion and respected by the servants of the Duke’s house. He found his own satisfaction in this work.
Alvin Lorensen wanted to serve this Duke’s family for generations.
However, Alvin Lorensen only mentioned his relationship with the Duke’s wife and refrained from saying more.
He had a son who was the perfect age to serve loyally, but there were too many awkward discomforts to boast about it yet.
He did not know how angry he was about the fraudulent marriage, nor if this issue could be resolved….
Arthur did not say anything more.
“……”
Dr. Lorensen applied a thin skincolored gauze to Rayna’s wound and then stood up.
He then went back and started preparing another medicine.
“……”
Clank clank.
On the tray in front of him was a bowl containing the ‘Crimson Water’ that the Duchess had ordered to be made.
In front of it, Alvin Lorensen opened his medicine bag, took out the pill he had prepared in a glass bottle, and quietly put it next to the medicine bowl.
It was a pill that neutralizes the poison of the ‘Crimson Water’.
To maintain the contraceptive effect requested by the Duchess but not harm the body too much…
Still, the body would inevitably be strained.
‘… This girl is really unlucky.’
Alvin Lorensen sighed inwardly.
“……”
While working for Julius, he had seen and heard and experienced so many embarrassing things that he couldn’t talk about anywhere else.
This event was the worst among them.
A fraudulent marriage with the royal family.
And to make matters worse, he revealed it and brought things to this point.
Among all the outrageous accidents that the Duke had caused, this was undoubtedly the worst.
In the yard where everyone gathered, calling them the couple of the century and the feast of the century…
‘… I wish the Duke would get his act together because of this incident…’
But unfortunately, the other party was the royal family.
It was too risky to just let it go.
If it wasn’t for the royal family, he wouldn’t have had to worry about the survival of the entire family or the danger to his life…
‘It’s a big deal. It needs to be resolved without causing a big fuss…’
Alvin Lorensen went in front of Rayna with a tray containing a medicine bowl and a pill.
Rayna already seemed to know what kind of medicine he was going to give, but she looked up at him with a puzzled look at the sight of the pill next to the crimson water.
“……”
If Arthur had any sympathy, he would know that he had to let this girl go quickly to avoid ruining her life…
Alvin Lorensen added quietly.
“……It’s a pill to use less medicine. It maintains the effect.”
“……”
Rayna, who noticed the hidden meaning in the doctor’s words, bowed her head slightly in a daze and said,
“Thank you……”
Alvin Lorensen did not answer.
To be honest, it was a sorry thing to hear while forcing her to take such medicine.
[This is the time separator]After the attending physician left, finally, only Arthur and Rayna remained.
Arthur glanced at Rayna, laughing a little.
For some reason, Rayna seemed calm after drinking the medicinal tea.
“……”
For some reason, Arthur felt less annoyed.
He did not want to see his upset self look discouraged.
It felt like watching a bird flapping its wings to escape from a net, only to fold its wings and lose its vitality and sit down after a single rebuke.
He didn’t expect to feel this way.
It was better when she was flapping around and annoying him.
“……”
Hesitant, Arthur finally opened his mouth.
“What was the last tea you drank?”
Rayna, with a slightly downcast smile on her face, paused for a moment before answering,
“It’s medicinal tea. It’s good for the body.”
She seemed to be looking for words to say, and soon continued,
“……I’m sorry. I didn’t hate being alone with you. Just…… it was unfamiliar. A bit embarrassing, too……”
Rayna touched her neck.
She seemed embarrassed, her face slightly flushed.
And hesitated as if she couldn’t bring herself to speak.
Then she muttered in a voice so quiet it was barely audible.
“……I couldn’t look at you.”
What?
Arthur squinted his eyes.
A voice so soft it seemed to be creeping in.
“……because you’re too handsome…….”
It was a bit intimidating…….
The words were barely a whisper.
Arthur stared at Rayna as if nailed to the spot.
She seemed overwhelmed, frequently stopping to touch her neck.
Her hand slipped from her hair, brushed past her collarbone to the other side of the neck, and then went down across her chest.
“That is…….”
Her tongue slipped out slightly, wetting her lips.
“This is the first time I’ve ever had such a dream.”
“…….”
Rayna awkwardly attempted to smile, then bowed her head again.
“Isn’t it normal to struggle to look straight after having such a dream?”
“…….”
She stopped speaking again.
Rayna hesitated again, then finally looked at Arthur as if she had mustered a lot of courage.
“Still, I was rude to avoid you like that…….”
“…….”
Arthur was still staring at her.
Keeping eye contact was a struggle, but Rayna continued.
“……I think you would’ve been upset. I’m sorry. I was foolish.”
And soon as if reaching her limit, she again touched her hair and looked down.
As if she had used up all her strength to pour out those words, she bit her lip weakly, then whispered towards the ground in a powerless voice.
“Please don’t be angry…….”
“…….”
There was a moment of silence.
Then Arthur’s lips moved, breaking the silence.
“Was it me in your dream?”
“What?”
Her surprised face, as if she hadn’t expected that question, was already answering that foolish question.
“…….”
Arthur lost his words.
“……?”
Rayna looked up at him quietly with her flushed face.
Unconsciously, his mouth moved again.
“Just me?”
“What?”
You and me, two people?
It wasn’t three?
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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