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-”

under his threatening glare.

a harsher

divorce, then? You can tarnish my reputation afterward. I won’t be able to face

worse than death,”

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

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

words left

reputation is pointless to me. I want you to

I want you to suffer

wanted her to endure a lifetime of

felt a chill run down her

stepped closer, his icy

defiantly meeting his cold

were even colder

to rest lightly on her shoulder, near

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furious I was when I was locked in there? I, who was once mighty, was reduced to that.

as though he were discussing something wholly unrelated

acutely aware of the hatred concealed

back then.

on her neck exerted enough pressure to make

at any moment.

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

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