“Another person’s scent?”
I doubted my ears for a moment.
‘Why do I sense hostility in his voice?’
And the bearer of that hostility seemed not to be me. For some reason, my wrist, which had been left with a red mark, felt hot, and I awkwardly asked while pulling it out.
“Do I smell that strange to you?”
“I’m sensitive to body odour.”
Johan, who had momentarily focused on my wrist, met my eyes.
“So, who is it?”
I couldn’t answer due to the strangely oppressive atmosphere. Then Johan opened his mouth again with a voice devoid of laughter.
“Who.”
“…I did meet the Marquis of Blonew in the library. Is that who you’re talking about?”
Johan’s gaze darkened a bit more. He tilted his head a little more and asked.
“What do you think of meeting Erich?”
I expected this question.
‘In the original, Estelle tattles on the subordinates to Johan.’
Apparently, Estelle in the original had expectations of her husband who treated her well from the first day of marriage.
But of course, I won’t fall into this trap.
‘I feel a lot more comfortable because I know the content.’
“Marquis Blonew is a very good person. He seemed surprised when I first arrived at the library, but later we became friendly enough to discuss books.”
One of Johan’s eyebrows went up minutely, seemingly dissatisfied.
“What kind of book discussion?”
“General book talk? I don’t think we talked much.”
“You seem to have enjoyed it quite a bit.”
Johan wore an elegant smile. However, for some reason, it seemed that the end of his lips was slightly twisted more than usual.
‘Ah! He’s dissatisfied that his subordinate and I are getting close.’
It would be a problem if the target of revenge and the subordinate got too close. They might start unnecessary things. I’m glad it’s easy to figure out because I heard it often in Libertan.
I put up both hands and smiled smoothly.
“There was nothing else. After recommending a book, I left immediately.”
“Liar.”
Johan’s large hand elegantly approached my eyes. His thumb lazily brushed my eyelid.
“What’s this tear stain?”
“Oh, this.”
I reacted sensitively to even a minor movement due to the contact just now. Without realizing it, I quickly wrapped my flushed cheeks and cleared up the misunderstanding.
“This is from dust getting in my eyes and making me tear up.”
I did fight with Erich, but the reason I cried was because of dust. So there’s no lie in what I said.
“I usually cry a lot, so I tear up over trivial things.”
As I reached up to touch my eye, he covered my hand and held it. I felt his masculine knuckles.
The words Johan uttered after a moment of silence were totally different from what I expected.
“Don’t you feel wronged that people hate you?”
My eyes widened involuntarily. But it wasn’t a difficult question.
“Who hates me so much?”
“You understand my question.”
“Hmm. But I really don’t know.”
I shrugged my shoulders as I looked into Johan’s red eyes.
“No one has hated me that much here. And even if they did, I wouldn’t feel wronged.”
“Why?”
“Well, it’s natural for them to hate me here.”
Johan put strength into the hand that was holding mine with his thumb.
‘Is my answer too unlike the daughter of Libertan?’
But honestly, there weren’t many unfair and hard things happening to me after coming to the Duke of Blanchett’s house, so I couldn’t make up that much.
“I’m not a bloodrelated daughter of the Libertan family, and I didn’t bring a dowry. The Duke of Libertan is not a helpful inlaw to the Duke of Blanchett…”
I felt my situation keenly when I said this.
‘I’m really useless.’
If it weren’t for me being the target of revenge, I wouldn’t have dared to marry Johan.
“And I don’t have connections in the social world or any special abilities that would be of personal help.”
If you go into more detail, it’s quite pathetic.
‘Not many people have been divorced twice.’
Right after I was adopted, I was divorced by Estella’s fiancé, and I also broke up with the prince, who was on a good trajectory.
‘Even if it’s not my fault.’
It can’t be helped if I, who was in the middle of all that, look particularly bad.
“So how could I look good? If someone like me came in as a duchess, I wouldn’t be pleased either.”
The summer wind swept between us. Johan held my hand firmly and looked at me pensively.
“Did you ever think it was worth bringing me along, even at such a cost?”
“Do I hold that much value to you?”
“Yes.”
Johan, with a smug smile, brushed my hair scattered in the gentle wind.
“Do you think I’m stupid, my lady?”
“No… no?”
“I never engage in a losing deal. That’s why I chose you, my lady.”
Under the sunlight, the man appeared full of confidence. For a moment, his presence was so stunning that I was lost for words.
“What if I’m your first failure, Duke?”
You’ve already failed.
Because there’s nothing about me worth your revenge.
Even if you kill someone like me in the most painful way possible, the Libertan Duke will never suffer. They’ll probably think it’s fortunate that I’m not their real daughter.
‘But I can’t say that.’
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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