My Husband Treats Me as a Substitute

A follow-up to The Wife I Forcefully Married Is Sweet Too. A domineering young marquis versus a righteous noblewoman. A sweet historical romance. Please add it to your collection~

[Blurb]

Everyone said A Juan was lucky.

She had started out as an embroiderer, until a chance encounter brought her together with the heir of a prince's household.

He said he had fallen for her at first sight and wanted to marry her as his heir's wife.

He was handsome and elegant, with the air of a refined young gentleman.

A Juan shyly accepted.

On their wedding night, however, her husband did not consummate the marriage.

Lying on a bed covered in bright red brocade, A Juan had a dream.

In it, a girl dressed in bridal robes told her that she and her husband had already exchanged wedding bows. Sadly, she had been too ill-fated to stay, and hoped A Juan would take her place and take good care of “their” husband.

The next morning, A Juan woke to hear that her husband had once had a fiancée.

They had been childhood sweethearts, deeply in love.

Sadly, the lovely young woman had passed away, leaving no trace behind.

Not long after, A Juan saw a portrait of the “deceased wife” from her dream.

She looked exactly like A Juan.

A Juan suddenly understood.

This wasn't good fortune at all.

Her husband had taken her for his dead wife's substitute,

and that dead wife had possessed her!

Her husband treated her wonderfully, with tender care and endless patience.

But still...

She didn't have to keep playing the substitute.

A Juan set up a memorial tablet for his dead wife and burned incense, then grabbed her husband's stash of money and ran away in the middle of the night.

Only later did A Juan learn that

she was the person her husband had dreamed of, and the dead wife was her.

It had been her all along.

Reading note:

One-on-one romance

Upcoming novel:

[The Wife I Forcefully Married Is Sweet Too]

Blurb:

The young marquis, a notorious troublemaker in the capital, got into trouble again and was made to kneel in the ancestral hall by the old marquis.

As soon as he was let out, he heard that a marriage had been arranged for him.

His fiancée was the legitimate daughter of Grand Academician Fan.

The young marquis hated Grand Academician Fan, with his enormous white beard and endless classical quotations.

His daughter must be just the same, he thought: stuffy, rigid, and utterly boring.

But when your parents decide and the matchmaker speaks, what can you do?

On the wedding day, the young marquis was tied up and forced to bow with the bride.

When he spoke with his new bride in the bridal chamber,

he learned that the old marquis had forced Grand Academician Fan to agree to the marriage.

She didn't want to marry him either.

After talking it over,

they decided to misbehave together and make themselves look bad in front of everyone, hoping they would be allowed to divorce.

And so their daily routine became:

He caused trouble, and she egged him on. He acted arrogantly, and she cheered him on.

She cursed people out, and he waved a flag. She got into fights, and he shouted encouragement.

Before long, their reputations had grown so awful that everyone in the capital trembled at the mention of the “Demon Duo.”

At last, the old marquis made up his mind, called them over, and agreed to let them divorce.

The young marquis and his wife looked at each other and shook their heads in unison: “We're not getting divorced.”

What's more, they planned to raise a “Little Demon” to keep throwing their weight around the capital.

The old marquis rolled his eyes and swept out.

Theme: If you love someone, have the courage to pursue them.