“Reborn as ignored duchess, she seeks divorce but husband pleads to stay, defying novel's plot.”
The Ugly Wife of the Shady Duke
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Reborn as ignored duchess, she seeks divorce but husband pleads to stay, defying novel's plot.
Reincarnated as the neglected wife of a duke who secretly loves the novel's heroine, she plans to divorce him to survive. Yet, he desperately begs her not to leave, confusing her as the story unfolds differently than she remembered. (Source: MU)
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 81 ch ch × vol
- Total read 10h 48m approx
- Published Jan 2025 – Mar 2026
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M81019 catalog