Hana, standing in front of the mirror, was surrounded by those who were adjusting her dress.
Despite their efforts to make the dress look beautiful, Hana herself seemed indifferent, as if it didn’t matter. She looked at her reflection in the mirror.
Blurred pupils, dark circles under her eyes, and chapped lips on rough skin were detracting from her once-beautiful appearance.
“What’s wrong? You seem unable to focus… and your skin has become rough.”
Lady Josh, the Viscountess, approached and wiped her daughter’s skin with the back of her hand, sending a sympathetic glance.
“You should probably get some skincare and take a good rest.”
“Mother.”
Hana, still gazing at her face in the mirror, uttered a hoarse voice. Perhaps because she spoke for the first time today, the Viscountess’s hand grazed Hana’s lips as they came down.
While gesturing to someone else with a nod to bring water, Hana revealed a complicated piece of her heart.
“Is it right to keep waiting like this?”
She didn’t say it just for Lady Josh to understand. It was because her insides were so tangled up, and she wanted to untangle at least one twisted thing.
By chance, she encountered Prince Rudolf and, as a consequence, got involved in what he was planning.
Moving as he directed, Hana was nothing short of a marionette. As if invisible strings were tied all over her body, Hana couldn’t do anything on her own.
Can she return to the way things were before?
Since Prince Rudolf will eventually become the Emperor, can she be free from Prince Rudolf’s restraint by waiting until then?
“What do you want to do?”
“…Me?”
However, the Viscountess asked, as if she understood everything. Hana let out a surprised voice.
“Yes.”
The Viscountess put her hand on Hana’s shoulder and stood behind her. Now, it wasn’t just Hana looking in the mirror. The Viscountess met Hana’s eyes in the mirror.
“To contemplate means there are choices inside it.”
The question of whether waiting is the right thing to do was ultimately one of the choices. The Viscountess didn’t know Hana’s situation. She simply heard her question and realized that there wasn’t only one direction Hana could move.
“Do as you wish.”
“As I wish…”
“Even if the result doesn’t satisfy you, as long as there’s no regret in that action, Mom thinks that’s enough.”
While Hana was lost in thought, the Viscountess received a cup and handed it over to Hana.
“I’ll give you enough time, so think and come out.”
The Viscountess patted Hana’s shoulder and left. Those who were fixing the dress had already left, so Hana was alone in the dressing room.
“Choice…”
Mother was right. She shouldn’t wait for the ties to be severed; she needed to act first.
“I can’t be manipulated by Prince Rudolf anymore.”
If she goes to the Crown Prince and reveals what Prince Rudolf has done, she won’t have to do as he says anymore. If that happens, she can escape from the heavy burden and return to how things were before.
“I can focus on Ferdinand.”
When the time comes, she can take her time and approach slowly to console his heart…
“Ferdinand?”
Her thoughts seemed to be gradually organizing. Just then, she discovered Ferdinand approaching, and Hana smiled. It felt like receiving a gift when he appeared in front of her while she was thinking about him.
“Hello. Did you know I was here?”
Hana greeted Ferdinand, who stood in front of her, with a gentle greeting. It was regrettable that she came out without properly dressing up, just focusing on fixing the dress. She always wanted to show him a beautiful appearance.
“Hana.”
Hana flinched at Ferdinand’s low voice. His face was as indifferent as usual. It was not surprising, as he had never shown rich expressions to me, unlike Etienne.
However, his gaze caught her. It was as if I were trapped inside his ice-cold pupils.
“Ferdinand?”
Feeling frozen from his fingertips, Hana forced her voice out, holding his hand.
“Something that happened at Viscount Pighman’s party two years ago.”
Ferdinand’s explanation wasn’t very specific, so Hana had to quickly rack her brain.
She wondered why he suddenly brought up that time, and while pondering what had happened back then, Hana remained silent for a moment. Then Ferdinand continued speaking.
“Do you remember what you did at the fountain?”
“The fountain…”
Hana, who unconsciously tried to repeat Ferdinand’s words, hesitated. Memories of that time flashed in her mind.
The impulsive act of pushing Etienne into the fountain out of jealousy. It was a rash action.
At that moment, when the attention that had been showered on me turned toward Etienne, I couldn’t handle the jealousy. So, without realizing it, I pushed Etienne away.
‘How did he find out?’
No one saw me harboring feelings for Etienne back then. I thought it was a secret action, so Hana couldn’t understand why it was being mentioned here and now.
“What happened there?”
Hana asked cautiously. Trying not to make any mistakes, she hid her trembling hands behind her back and stared at Ferdinand.
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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