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-”

to 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 face

worse than death,” she suggested, seeing separation as

less about her reputation; she wasn’t Agatha, and no one knew

the

words left

I want you to remain married, unable to

from me. I want you to suffer for

wanted her to endure a lifetime

felt a chill run down her spine, breaking

icy fingers tracing up her

defiantly meeting

were even colder than his

his fingers came to rest lightly on

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know how furious I was when I was locked in

was gentle and calm, as though he were discussing something

Violet was acutely aware of the hatred concealed beneath his

should have killed me back then. That

neck exerted enough pressure to

at any moment.

felt like it was running in reverse; she looked at him with

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