Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 761

A woman shouldn’t strike her husband, especially not in the face. Such behavior was unacceptable in a prestigious household like the Warren family, no matter their current status, and even ordinary people wouldn’t resort to that. In moments of anger, it was more acceptable to hit someone’s shoulder or arm. After all, a woman’s fists didn’t pack much power.

A slap to the face stripped a man of his dignity.

There were servants outside. How could Barrett retain his dignity in the estate at this rate? Especially now that he had been promoted to the commander of the Crown Guard.

That slap had knocked out whatever little joy remained in his heart.

Viola bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes. Deep down, she knew she had crossed a line, but pride held her. back from apologizing.

“Forget it. Just leave,” Barrett said, suppressing his anger.

He didn’t want to argue anymore. He had suffered enough from their discord, and it drained him.

After hitting him, Viola felt a twinge of guilt. However, hearing his cold words stung her heart.

“I came to take care of you while I’m pregnant. I wanted you to recover quickly so you could take up your post, but your attitude has left me very disappointed.”

eyes, unwilling to

indifference cut deep into

said, “Fine. If you don’t want to see me, I’ll go back

undoubtedly be worried if she returned home. But as she and Poppy left, she didn’t hear Barrett calling for her to come

Barrett hadn’t cared

of anger, she decided to return to her family’s home with

the capital led the prominent families to keep their people on a short leash. Zoey

Zoey heard that Viola had come back home in tears, heavily pregnant, she regretted not issuing stronger orders to keep

sent someone to summon her, but Zoey wasn’t in a rush to head over. Instead,

had been secretly given an extra portion of monthly allowance, which was a reward for keeping an eye on Viola. If anything excessive happened, she was to report back immediately. Zoey needed to resolve

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hadn’t come to inform them beforehand. Viola had rushed home in tears, clearly indicating an emergency

to Zoey, she frowned. “Wasn’t Barrett injured? How

of Commander Warren’s promotion came, Madam Viola was very happy. But when she heard that Lady Carissa was made commander

as commander bothering Viola? She had a petty, narrow–minded attitude and couldn’t stand to see others succeed–when