Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Samuel returned to the manor on Hibiscus Lane and immediately went to rinse his mouth, spitting out the blood. He couldn't let Ruby worry.

In Hibiscus Lane, there were only two shop servants-one in the kitchen, and the other likely attending to Ruby.

Samuel used the cold water in the dining room to rinse his mouth, feeling a sharp pain throbbing in his head. The left side of his mouth felt as though it were splitting open, and he had to endure the pain for a while before he could force back his tears. Leona was so ruthless. She had her husband beaten time and again.

Samuel had been blinded by her gentle and mild demeanor, not realizing how jealous she truly was.

Her cousin, the Hell Monarch's princess consort, was just like her-they were one and the same.

He had been beaten, and both his grandmother and father would surely know. So, he had an excuse to leave in anger. If he were asked to return again, he wouldn't go back so easily.

"Bill, bring me that handkerchief..." he called out, before remembering that Bill had not come with him from Gracehold Estate.

Bill's bond papers were with his mother, and she had forbidden him from coming.

Years of living in luxury and privilege had made him feel that his current situation was unbearably shabby and pitiful.

career, everyone said his future was limitless. Yet, the grandeur of those days had only made his current situation seem more desolate. After rinsing his mouth and wiping

with hairpins

out, embracing her from behind and kissing

pushed him away. Her face, no longer gentle and charming, seemed to have frozen over

blankly. "But to me, Celeste

eyes as

sank. "Ruby, what's

and said flatly, "I waited for you to return to say goodbye. From

his expression froze. "What are you

like shards of ice. "I'm

come? Did someone from the duchess' side come? Did they bully you? Did they force

her close. "Don't worry about what they say or do. I won't leave you.

title as heir. You'll never inherit the title again. All you have is the fame

reputation for

over your wife. You're so desperate to find a mentor, but even they wouldn't want you because of your tarnished

believe the woman before him had become so cold and unfamiliar. His heart felt like