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-”

started to object, but stopped mid-sentence under his threatening glare. Admitting she

a

can tarnish my reputation afterward. I won’t be

life worse than death,” she suggested, seeing separation as her

about her reputation; she

“Let the world

left

me. I want you to remain married, unable to see

I want you to suffer for

clear-this man wanted her to endure

down her spine, breaking

icy

stiffened, defiantly meeting his

were even colder

his fingers came to rest lightly on her shoulder,

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to be in the dog mill? Do you know how furious I was when I was locked in there? I, who was once mighty,

calm, as though he were discussing something wholly unrelated to

aware of the hatred

have killed me back then. That was your

neck exerted enough pressure to make

at any moment.

reverse; she looked at him with

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