There was a time when she had hoped to be freed from the role of an old woman in the back room, but now…
“To the Empress, the only in-law is Viscount Morssen.”
Madness…
“After all the hardships I’ve endured to raise her, she casually takes away my daughter. And that daughter doesn’t even address me as her mother at my wedding.”
Unfilial and shameless individuals.
If it weren’t for Duke Montanerre, where would she be now?
Claire had thought about it many times, but there was only one answer.
“I would have probably died miserably.”
Damean Montanerre was her benefactor. He brought her, who was struggling with loneliness, to the duke’s estate, took care of her, and even made the orphans her companions.
‘How can I ever repay this kindness?’
Claire’s eyes seemed to glisten with tears.
“Oh, are you crying?”
“Don’t cry, madam. A beautiful face doesn’t suit tears.”
A blonde young lady with clear eyes patted her under the eyes with a handkerchief.
‘I wonder who she resembles, with that dignified and pretty appearance.’
…She wanted to know, but Claire never realized that she resembled her adopted daughter, Lilia.
To Claire Berium, a child without any use was just that much of a presence.
“His Grace has arrived.”
The housekeeper informed. The young ladies helped the lady to stand up.
Soon, the duke revealed himself in the living room. Wearing a dark brown vest and hunting boots covering his knees, he spoke with a pleasant voice towards the ladies.
“It seems the once quiet Montanerre estate is now in full bloom with flowers.”
At those words, the young ladies burst into laughter once again and said,
“But the most beautiful flower is just one. Isn’t that right, Your Grace?”
The duke positively responded with a pleased smile. Claire, blushing, asked about his well-being.
“How was the hunt?”
“I didn’t catch much. About two wild boars.”
Claire’s eyes widened as she spoke.
“That’s still a tremendous harvest, isn’t it? I heard it’s difficult to catch a wild boar because they’re large and incredibly strong.”
“It’s nothing to boast about. I only caught half of what I usually do.”
It wasn’t a boast. He had been known as a hunting genius from an early age.
When he was young, he would present the prey he caught to the woman he favored faster than anyone else. The target changed every year, but the chosen woman ruled the high society as the queen of that year.
Claire had never been chosen even once. This fact made her feel melancholy every hunting competition season, but now…
“Although it’s a meager catch, would you accept it if it’s for you? I’ll bring you an even more splendid one next time.”
“Of course. I’m fine with that.”
Finally, she received his favor.
And she would continue to receive his favor next time, and the time after that, and continuously…
“For dinner tonight, it seems it’ll be wild boar dishes. Is everyone okay with that?”
The duke looked around the room and cheerfully spoke. At that, the young ladies hesitated with awkward expressions.
“Uh… well, it’s okay but…”
“Well, I need to go home early today…”
“I have guests coming over for dinner tonight, so I should leave as well…”
It was an obvious lie, but Claire couldn’t help but find their attempts to actively push her and the Duke together cute.
“There’s nothing to be done. Let’s have a quiet meal together, just the two of us. Is that okay with you, Claire?”
The phrase ‘just the two of us’ made Claire’s heart flutter.
She was originally a practical woman. Knowing well that being single with her grown-up daughter made any connection with the Duke impossible, she had drawn a firm line while staying at the duke’s estate.
However, recently, that line was becoming increasingly blurred.
Well, the Duke, with his handsome appearance and affectionate care, shook hearts, and the young ladies, like daughter-like maidens, encouraged the relationship. So, how could she not be shaken?
Claire finally began to imagine herself as the Duchess.
“It might not be impossible. Even a child like Liz has become an Empress. What’s stopping me from being a Duchess?”
Although the tangled family tree bothered her a bit, she realized that it wasn’t really a problem.
“From today, the Duchess and Berium will be separate.”
The Emperor had declared that day. So, technically, she could confidently envision herself in the role of the Duchess.
A subtle smile crept onto Claire Berium’s face.
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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