She's a Villainess but her Husband is Handsome (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 2
Lorraine Roger.
The Lorraine she had possessed was a villainess who had married Cedric Roger, the second son of Duke Roger.
‘Why did it have to be a villainess?’
Lorraine quickly straightened her slightly crinkled eyes.
Honestly, since she’d rarely seen protagonists reincarnated as female leads in romance novels, she wasn’t too heartbroken.
Now that she’d roughly figured out where she was, she needed to understand the current situation.
She now stared fixedly at Jane, who was shedding tears of joy.
“Jane?”
“Yes, my lady!”
……Good grief.
Jane’s sudden shriek made her eyes narrow slightly.
“Are you feeling unwell somewhere?!!”
Jane’s face turned pale.
“No, it’s nothing like that.”
Lorraine swiftly composed her expression.
‘Since she’s the only one I can ask right now, I shouldn’t look upset.’
She offered a warm, caring smile. Jane, visibly relieved, beamed widely, her lips stretching into a bright grin.
She smiled so radiantly that Lorraine almost felt guilty for having narrowed her eyes just moments before.
‘Right. Jane had actually quite liked the villainess Lorraine.’
……But that wasn’t important right now.
Brushing aside the fleeting thought, Lorraine slowly opened her lips.
“Why am I like this? And what’s this strange herbal taste in my mouth?”
“My lady, you don’t remember?”
“Remember what?”
She asked with perfectly innocent eyes, but Jane’s expression darkened as if a shadow had fallen over her face. Then—
“Someone seems to have tried to harm you.”
“……What?”
“They mixed a poisonous herb into the tea you usually enjoy! After drinking it, you… huuuhhh…!”
Oh, please. Stop crying already.
Her already aching head felt like it was about to split open.
Rubbing her temples as she watched Jane’s large tears fall heavily, Lorraine sighed.
“Are you sure about that?”
“Yes?”
“Who said so?”
“Ah… The physician who visited earlier said it seemed like you’d ingested a poisonous herb… That’s what he….”
Jane trailed off uncertainly.
What Lorraine wanted to know wasn’t whether she’d actually consumed the poison.
“Then who put that poisonous herb in the tea?”
“……Huh? I don’t know… It wasn’t me!!”
Thinking Lorraine suspected her, Jane’s face flushed crimson as if about to burst.
“I’m not doubting you. Got it? Calm down.”
Patting Jane, whose eyes were threatening to spill more tears again, Lorraine let out an imperceptible sigh.
A rural clinic visited by barely one or two patients a week.
A miserable reality where even making a living was a struggle.
The more free time she had, the heavier her sorrow grew.
Wanting, even briefly, to escape reality, she had started reading novels.
It was the first novel she’d read—the one that had held an undisputed top spot for months on the free romance novel tab.
‘So, this must be around that part.’
She was well into the middle of the story.
The beginning of the novel had revolved around the romantic entanglements of the female lead Elina, who’d fallen for the male lead Killian (Cedric’s elder brother), and Cedric Roger, the tragic second male lead.
Then came she herself—the villainess Lorraine Roger—marking the start of the novel’s crisis.
In this very episode, Lorraine, resentful that her husband Cedric only had eyes for Elina and not her, had secretly added poison to her own tea, gulped it down dramatically, and collapsed—all to grab his attention.
And she’d succeeded.
Only to be banished afterward.
Her husband Cedric, burdened by exaggerated concern, had exposed her act as a staged performance.
Recalling the original plot, Lorraine’s eyes slowly narrowed.
‘Wait a minute… So I’m about to get thrown out of here now?’
What? Not only had she reincarnated as a woman who’d drunk poison, but now she was getting banished the moment she opened her eyes?
Her eyes darkened with unjust resentment.
‘Hold on… Cedric? So it’s… Cedric.’
Cedric Roger—the tragic second male lead of the original story.
In a word, he was like a sunflower.
Even as he silently witnessed Killian and Elina meet and fall in love, he lingered beside Elina like a shadow.
Readers, sympathizing deeply with Cedric, openly rooted for him to find happiness.
But.
‘Hmm. Still, he’s really not my type.’
Her gaze toward Cedric differed from others’.
‘Knowing it’s hopeless anyway—why bother? He’s already married, so what’s the point? What grandeur is he even chasing?’
Though she understood the author had crafted his personality perfectly for the “tragic second lead” role,
‘Lorraine must’ve had her reasons for acting that way.’
The moment she imagined having such a man as her husband,
‘I’d be miserable myself.’
She simply couldn’t view him kindly.
Her violet eyes turned toward the beautiful woman reflected in the mirror.
‘So I’m that Lorraine, then?’
A spark flickered in her deepening gaze.
“My lord Earl, the young mistress has awakened, they say.”
“Is that so?”
It was the hour when darkness began to seep in.
Outside the window, the garden—always eerily silent at night—was swept by a chilling breeze.
Cedric, fixing his blue eyes beyond the window, took a slow sip of tea, its floral fragrance gently permeating the air, then set the cup down.
Rising abruptly, he looked lazily toward his servant Roberto.
‘Even if he dislikes his wife, wouldn’t he go see her after she’s come back from the brink of death?’
Roberto, naturally assuming so, had just turned to open the door when—
“Prepare my bath.”
“……Huh?”
“I’ve been training hard, and I’m rather hungry. Have dinner ready right after my bath.”
Cedric peeled off his training clothes, completely shattering Roberto’s expectations.
Without another word, he sank into the steaming water servants had prepared.
The familiar, cozy scent of his favorite lavender bath oil curled around his nose, and a languid smile spread across his lips.
Cedric slowly closed his eyes.
‘She drank poison… yet woke up?’
Unlike Lorraine,
Cedric cared less about who’d put poison in her tea and more about the fact that she’d regained consciousness.
‘It’s time to go see her.’
After savoring a brief moment of leisure, Cedric, still wrapped in the scent of lavender, finished his dinner and left his room.
“My lady! My lady!”
……You again?
Just when she’d thought things had quieted down, Jane burst into the room in a fluster.
Lorraine slowly sat up.
Ever since opening her eyes, her brain hadn’t stopped working for even a second.
She was trying to recall the original plot more clearly.
‘How many days did Lorraine stay before getting banished?’
Just as she was roughly estimating how long she’d remain here and planning her next steps, Jane barged in.
‘Perfect timing. I should ask for something to eat.’
Thinking so hard had drained her energy—she was very hungry.
‘It’s not like this is some poor household; they’re a duke’s family, so the food must be good.’
Just as she was about to speak up with the mindset of eating first and thinking later,
“The Earl has finished his sword training! Finished his bath! Finished his meal! And is now on his way to see you!!”
Jane’s announcement instantly killed Lorraine’s appetite.
When Lorraine glared at her disapprovingly, Jane blinked wide-eyed, puzzled about what she’d done wrong.
In the original story, Lorraine had always ordered Jane to report every tiny detail of Cedric’s movements.
She’d done it to monitor and keep tabs on him.
‘So this is the kind of man who, upon hearing his wife collapsed and woke up, happily swung his sword, ate heartily, and only then decided to visit?’
He wasn’t exactly someone she found appealing.
And though she knew Lorraine was a villainess and that he despised her,
feeling it firsthand was genuinely unpleasant.
Since there was no reason to glare pointlessly at someone who’d only followed orders, she softened her sharp gaze.
‘Well, they’re hardly a normal married couple anyway.’
On the very day Lorraine had entered the ducal household in the original story,
“There will never be love between you and me. But for appearances’ sake, we must seem like a devoted couple.”
Cedric had spoken those words with a smile that made her want to slap him.
He might as well not come at all!
……That’s what she screamed inwardly,
but honestly, Lorraine had secretly hoped Cedric would arrive soon.
The reason?
His eyes, as blue and shimmering as a summer lake touched by sunlight.
His straight, sharp nose that seemed it would cut at the lightest petal’s touch.
His lips, as alluring as if dipped in rose-colored dye.
His body, sculpted by the gods themselves, was even more beautiful than a statue in a temple… and so on.
She’d just recalled the original author’s lavish descriptions of Cedric.
Indeed, the author had devoted more effort to describing Cedric’s looks than even the female lead Selina or male lead Killian.
Thus, even early in the novel, countless comments had flooded in declaring, “I’m buying Cedric stock!”
Of course, she hadn’t bought any—but how could anyone not be curious?
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Heavy footsteps echoed through the quiet corridor beyond the door.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
The owner of those steps might banish her the moment he entered.
Knowing this, Lorraine’s heart still betrayed her, racing helplessly.
‘Meeting a novel’s protagonist in person… Do I count as a celebrity now?’
Just as she clutched her pounding heart and strained to hear the sounds outside,
the footsteps stopped. Then—
Knock. Knock.
With a firm knock, the thick door, engraved with ornate patterns, began to open slowly.
Like a sniper’s scope, Lorraine’s violet eyes fixed sharply on the widening gap.
The half-open door finally swung fully open.
“……!”
Lorraine’s eyes snapped wide open as Cedric appeared before her.
She was shocked—truly shocked. But—
“My…! My lady!!”
Jane was even more startled than she was.
But why was she reacting like that?
Just as Lorraine wondered,
“Bl… bl, bl, blood!!”
Jane, pointing frantically at the space between Lorraine’s nose and lips, started scrambling to look around.
‘Huh? Blood?’
Confused, Lorraine flinched as a sudden warmth trickled beneath her nose.
Her nose had started bleeding.
Yet even in that moment, Lorraine couldn’t tear her eyes away from the man standing before her.
‘Seriously… Is he really this handsome?’
Her husband. No—her own husband.
The man who might soon expel her from this mansion.
……Was stunningly handsome.
No—so devastatingly gorgeous it made her nose bleed twice over.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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MANGA DISCUSSION
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Haha, you nailed it! Yes, well done, girl! You should stay away from someone like that. There’s so much mystery and suspicion surrounding the incidents that happened to her. I feel like there’s a conspiracy behind the scenes.
haha right of the bat,declaring a divorce since they dont love eachnother
Oh, what a moment! Our girl’s brilliance shines. I think it’s similar to a manhwa I read before.
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"Let's get a divorce."
Hook, line, and sinker ✨️ she has successfully caught the male lead. 100% success rate
Lorraine stared, dumbfounded, at Jane, who was dabbing tears with the handkerchi
Jane my poor girl 🥹 How have you not caught on that Cedric is fake af
In other words—you are the problem.
Yes! Keep that energy girl ✨️ don’t let him have it easy
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Miioo
Hahaha, what a bloody first encounter! Cedric is going to kill our girl with his beauty!
debban23
a fan met the celebrity husband,its a bit exagerated but what do you expect