“May I come in for a moment?”
While drying her damp hair, Etienne glanced at her reflection in the mirror and saw her father, Duke Claire.
“Of course.”
Nodding, Etienne signaled, and the maids quickly retreated to the door. As she turned, Duke Claire brought a chair and sat near her.
“Father.”
Etienne saw the dark circles under her father’s eyes, likely from the strain of the confrontation with the Duke of Schupraher.
Feeling sorry for her father, who must have been troubled by being caught in the middle, Etienne forced a smile, hoping it might make him feel better. However, as Duke Claire’s large hand covered her forehead, her forced smile faded.
“You don’t seem to have a fever.”
He was worried she might have caught a cold from being drenched.
“I’m fine.”
“Can we talk for a moment?”
“Of course.”
“I’d like to know what happened.”
Etienne expected this question, but she hesitated to answer. They were still at the Schupraher residence, unable to return home in their drenched state, so they had been offered a guest room out of courtesy.
Understanding her hesitation, Duke Claire gestured for the shadow-like maids to leave. Once they were alone, Etienne relaxed her stiff posture and sighed softly.
“I accidentally found someone drowning and saved them, only to realize later it was Fernando.”
Originally, she didn’t know it was Fernando she was saving, but this time she did.
She went on to explain how she ended up discussing with Fernando why he fell into the water and subsequently learned about the Duke of Schupraher’s educational methods.
Duke Claire listened to her story quietly, piecing together the context, and then nodded.
“I see.”
“Although I understand the duke’s intention to toughen his heir, it was too risky. He’s not even an adult yet…”
Etienne couldn’t finish her sentence, biting her lip as she recalled the infuriating face of Duke Schupraher.
“There must have been unseen guards around him,” Duke Claire suggested.
“What?”
Etienne looked at her father in confusion.
“He’s strict, but he wouldn’t leave things to chance. Fernando probably has many secret guards. I once considered increasing your guard to his level.”
“Secret guards?”
“That’s right. If it were really dangerous, someone would have saved the young lord.”
Etienne realized Fernando had always been alone. She hadn’t noticed anything strange because she never thought about it.
“It’s a characteristic of the Schupraher family. Their swordsmanship is like the wind. If the Schupraher’s sword is like a storm, the heir’s guards are like the eye of the storm—calm and secretive.”
As she listened, Etienne’s face grew more and more unmanageable.
‘So, I didn’t need to save him.’
Unaware of this, she had rushed into the lake, breathless, to save Fernando.
And in front of the duke, she had claimed Fernando as her knight or husband…
“I want to go home now.”
Etienne buried her face deep in her hands. Knowing the truth, she felt she couldn’t hold her head up in the Schupraher household anymore.
Despite her previous life or even after her return, she realized she had acted unnecessarily. And this time, she had intervened when she could have stayed out of it…
“Huh?”
Suddenly, Etienne remembered the first time she had saved Fernando. At that time, Fernando had woken up to find Hannah with him, but if there had been guards, wouldn’t they have mentioned her?
While her thoughts chased each other, the warmth covering her head made Etienne slightly open her eyes. Peering through her fingers, she saw Duke Claire’s hand resting on her head.
His large, warm hand, moving gently through her still-damp hair, soothed Etienne’s heart.
“You did well.”
Duke Claire’s comforting smile was the same loving expression he always had for Etienne.
“At least to Fernando, you became an unforgettable benefactor today.”
“Well, that’s…”
Her father was right. Fernando had refused to let go of her skirt earlier. Remembering that incident, a faint blush rose on Etienne’s face.
Fernando’s unexpected behavior had left her unable to respond, and then the Duke had burst into laughter again.
His laughter, signifying amusement at his son’s unusual behavior, quickly diffused the situation. After the laughter subsided, the Duke told Fernando and Etienne to wash up and rest, and soon Etienne was led to the guest room.
“I’m surprised to see that side of you.”
Etienne looked up at her father, still caressing her hair. Despite her direct confrontation with the Duke, her father’s face showed no signs of reprimand.
Instead, recalling the incident, his eyes softened with a sense of unexpected discovery.
“You always seemed so mature and calm, but today you seemed more your age.”
“Ah…”
Had I been like that? Etienne lowered her gaze. She had always been engrossed in books and learning the family’s secrets, hardly taking time to relax or enjoy herself.
“Though I received more praise for today, next time be careful. You are more precious to me than Fernando.”
“I will be careful.”
Etienne nodded.
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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