The Grand Duchess Escape - Chapter 132.1
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‘Damn it.’
Calix’s mood became even more chaotic at Asella’s reaction.
She had said things that should never have been said, and now she was behaving as if he himself was doing something wrong.
There was no place for illegitimate children in the House of Benvito. No previous Duke had ever had a child out of wedlock. He tried to understand how she could even think such a thing, but it was beyond comprehension. Her words had crossed the line.
In truth, he was willing to put up with anything, even the mention of accepting an illegitimate child. However…
‘Divorce?’
He couldn’t bear that. And now, the way she was stepping back and avoiding his gaze, trying to get away from him.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Asella was given no time to react.
Calix reached out with his other hand and pulled her into his embrace. In an instant, Asella’s body, which had risen, was buried in his arms. Startled, she pushed against his chest with her palm, but he didn’t budge. Instead, he tightened his grip around her, holding her close until there was no space left between them.
“You said a child?”
Calix’s other hand grabbed Asella’s chin and pulled it towards him. Her clear blue eyes seemed unable to find a focus and wandered aimlessly. He let out a bitter laugh.
“Isn’t it your -my wife- responsibility to bear my child?”
“….!”
Asella’s face turned pale, and she stiffened. It was as if she had never even considered such a possibility.
Calix twisted his statue-like face fiercely. Anger seeped out.
“Why? You don’t have a child with me? Is that why you suggested having a bastard child?”
The accusation was intense. Her pale face no longer had any color. As tears began to well up in Asella’s eyes, the situation became even more tense.
He felt an urge to hear an answer from her mouth, no matter how hard he didn’t want to know it.
“Answer me.”
“….”
“Answer, Asella.”
“I’m sorry-…. I didn’t mean to insult your Grace.”
“You know I’m not asking you that.”
As if she were about to burst into tears at any moment, she choked on her words. She was trembling with fear, scared once again. And that made Calix even angrier.
Despite his efforts not to, images of the magic sphere kept coming to his mind. The woman who could laugh like that was always like this in front of him. She could have natural conversations with others, yet she wouldn’t even talk to him.
“Are you divorcing me to go be with another man? Is that why you refused the first night?”
He gritted his teeth.
Rationally, he knew it wasn’t true. Everything was because of the abuse she had suffered since she was young. Wasn’t she still haunted by nightmares and unable to sleep properly? Moreover, the intensity of the nightmares has been increasing recently.
He also knew that she was innocent. They had only exchanged a few words after a chance encounter.
But he couldn’t help this unbearable feeling.
He wanted to find that man and tear him apart. If he could, he wanted to completely erase him from his wife’s memories.
Seeing the woman who used to smile brightly in front of a man she’d never seen before; was now trembling like a trapped deer just because she was in front of him, his mood sank to an unimaginable depth.
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