Adel came into the dining room for breakfast and found Christine already there, waiting for her. He was dressed in his guard uniform, intending to head to work after eating.
“Good morning, Chris.”
Approaching him, Adel gently kissed his cheek.
“Good morning, Adel.”
Christine returned the favor by kissing her cheek.
Smiling with satisfaction, Henry ordered the servants to bring breakfast.
Mornings at Mabel Castle were always tranquil, and although it was midwinter, the warmth of the fireplace made it cozy.
But Adel noticed something different about Christine’s expression.
“You look like you have something to say, Chris.”
“More like you have something to say, don’t you?”
He stared at Adel with piercing eyes, as if he could see right through her.
Adel flinched. Had he noticed that she went out last night?
But she wanted to keep it a secret until he asked. No, she needed to.
“Well, what should I say? That you appeared in my dream last night and tried to do something very wicked?”
“Ha, it’s your dream, so it must have been what you wanted. Wicked, Miss Adel.”
“Oh my, who is it that thinks wicked thoughts every time they see me? Your strong will must have made me dream that.”
“Damn you, champion of arguments!”
As he burst into anger, Adel laughed out loud. Then she stopped laughing and quickly said,
“I’m truly happy, Chris.”
“What?”
“If you didn’t hear me, never mind. Let’s eat. I’m hungry.”
Adel busily moved her fork and knife, eating cheerfully.
Christine gazed at her pensively. She continued to look joyful, but her appearance seemed oddly pitiful. As if she was straining to appear happy.
That woman… she was too calm to have been attacked, but too pale to have enjoyed a secret affair.
Adel away from him seemed like a different person. And she still had many secrets from him.
I’m understanding you less and less, you.
“Adel……”
At his soft voice, Adel looked up.
“Huh?”
‘I’m thinking of staying at the guard’s residence for a while.’
Christine had intended to say that, but looking at Adel, smiling and waiting for him to speak, he simply couldn’t get the words out.
“I’m truly happy, Chris.”
He didn’t know what was truly her face or what she was hiding, but at least when she said that, she seemed sincere.
Yes, that’s enough.
“Adel, you know, right? No matter who you are, you’re the most precious to me.”
“……!”
Adel’s eyes wavered a little, as if she understood the significant meaning behind his words.
“Let’s eat quickly. It’ll get cold.”
He avoided Adel’s anxious eyes and picked up his fork and knife.
(This is a time separator.)
After finishing his meal, Christine was leaving Mabel Castle when Zimmer whispered,
“It’s news from Stone Oswald.”
Hearing Stone’s name, Christine’s eyes narrowed.
He had ordered a thorough investigation into the man, down to the dust in his pockets. If he had done anything awful to Adel, Christine was ready to erase him from existence.
But if not…
‘There’s no way.’
Shaking off the rising suspicion, he said,
“Speak.”
“A reply just came from Orbis Kingdom. Stone left the kingdom a month ago.”
Christine’s steps faltered.
Orbis Kingdom was where Stone had been working as a diplomat.
“His term was supposed to last until this month, right?”
“It seems Stone caused some unsavory problem. They quietly squashed it by expelling him, fearing it might escalate into a diplomatic issue between the countries.”
“So Stone is already in Calaim?”
“There was a report of him being seen at the border a month ago.”
Christine’s brow furrowed deeply.
If Stone crossed the border a month ago and still hasn’t returned to Oswald’s residence, where is he now? Did the Emperor know already?
Had Adel and Stone met in that time…
Damn it!
Christine ground his teeth quietly.
He had vowed to trust Adel but found himself repeatedly doubting her relationship with Stone.
Damn it all!
“Adel, you know, don’t you? That you are the most precious to me, no matter who you are.”
Adel couldn’t shake Christine’s words from her mind.
The look in his eyes as he stared at her was too deep, as if he knew something she was trying to hide.
Could he have noticed that she had secretly visited Helvalley last night?
After all, he was the most powerful figure in Callaim, even the Emperor couldn’t easily handle. He might have more power and organization than she thought.
If he even suspects her because of that…
Knock, knock.
At that moment, Tanya entered with a knock.
“Miss, Sir Marvin has arrived.”
At the mention of that name, Adel’s memories from the night before came flooding back.
The doctor in Helvalley she had finally decided to see was him, of all people.
But maybe it turned out for the better.
“How are you feeling, Miss Adel?”
Marvin, who had brought his medical bag, entered the drawing room. Dressed impeccably and smiling warmly, he looked nothing but a kindly imperial physician.
Adel gestured to Henry who had come in with Marvin.
“We have something to discuss privately.”
“Understood, Miss Adel.”
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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