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-”

mid-sentence under his

a

then? You can tarnish my reputation afterward.

I’ll live a life worse than death,” she suggested, seeing separation as

her reputation; she wasn’t

in response, “Let the world know I’ve

words left

is pointless to me. I want you to remain

I want you

man wanted her to endure a

felt a chill run down her spine, breaking out into a cold

icy fingers tracing

stiffened, defiantly meeting

eyes were even colder than

came to rest lightly on

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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

though he were discussing something wholly unrelated to

was acutely aware of the hatred concealed

have killed me back then. That was your

resting on her neck exerted enough pressure to make breathing difficult, as if

at any moment.

was running in reverse; she looked at him with a

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