Chapter 0056

Lucius cracked a small smile. “What else can I do? You’ve driven away all of my lovers. Isn’t it your

responsibility to take over their duties?”

Their duties… Violet immediately understood what he implied. Instinctively, she crossed her arms over her

chest. “I’m very tired.”

She had barely interacted with those women, so their departure couldn’t possibly be her fault. However, Lucius was indifferent to her protest. He began to unbutton his shirt as he approached the bed.

Violet’s heart raced in terror. The relentless torment of the past days weighed on her as heavily as the work

she had endured at the dog mill earlier.

Given the choice, Violet would have preferred to spend the night with the dogs instead.

“I’m filthy, covered in dog waste and dirt. I still reek,” she protested, making a face of disgust on purpose.

“I can handle it,” Lucius said, dismissing her attempt at dissuasion with ease.

Violet suppressed the impulse to throw something at him in anger.

“Don’t forget, you’re the one named on my marriage certificate,” he reminded her deliberately.

“I’m not even-”

object, but stopped mid-sentence under his threatening glare. Admitting she wasn’t

provoke a harsher

can tarnish my reputation afterward. I won’t be able to

than death,” she suggested, seeing separation

couldn’t care less about her reputation; she wasn’t

sneered in response, “Let the world know I’ve

words left

reputation is pointless to me. I want you to remain married, unable to see other men

I want you to suffer for a

was clear-this man wanted her to endure a lifetime of

down her spine, breaking out into a

closer, his icy

stiffened, defiantly meeting his cold

eyes were even colder than

came to rest lightly on her shoulder, near her

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it feel to be in the dog mill? Do you know how furious I was when I was locked in there? I, who was once mighty, was reduced to that. If it weren’t for you, none of this would have

though he were

was acutely aware of the hatred concealed

killed me back

neck exerted enough pressure to make breathing difficult, as if she

at any moment.

felt like it was running in reverse; she looked

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