The Duke and Duchess' Divorce Circumstances

Weber was furious when the two maids seemed to regard him as an enemy.

‘How dare a maid!’

He also never expected that he would meet Ray Alexis as the Duchess of Ruivan.

‘How could that woman…’

The shock of seeing her appear with Ramiel’s arm linked and wearing an eye-poppingly expensive necklace that he had never seen before was several times greater than that of others.

It was crazy that his stupid brother had beaten him to the title of count, but the woman he had dumped a while ago had appeared as a duchess.

Ray Alexis, who had suddenly changed when they broke off the engagement.

Before, she had held back her anger at his harsh words and actions and remained quiet. She was a woman who never refuted or expressed anything out loud, but seeing her say everything she wanted to say in an instant made him wonder if she had something to hide behind her.

After the breakup, Ray Alexis’s actions were completely different from before. She went around making rude remarks here and there, earning the nickname of ‘witch’.

He wondered what on earth had happened to that woman, but now everything seemed to make sense. From then on, Ruivan had been behind her.

‘How dare a rich woman like that join hands with Ruivan?’

When they met again, he thought he would scold her, saying, ‘You’re the one who’s blinded by honor, aren’t you?’ and demand compensation accordingly.

Ray Alexis was notorious for being a rude witch, so if he said something like ‘a woman who plays tricks on people,’ people would easily turn their backs. Then, he expected that Ray Alexis, who had brought shame on Ruivan’s family, would be abandoned.

However, contrary to his expectations that she would be rude and arrogant, nothing unpleasant happened when people talked to the Duchess of Ruivan. People’s evaluations of the duke and duchess were also more generous than expected.

Ray Alexis had a gentle and elegant smile, just like before the engagement broke off and before she went crazy. She occasionally showed off during the conversation, but because of her position as the Duchess of Ruivan, people thought it was just a joke to lighten the mood.

Weber didn’t like the whole situation.

However, he had to use Alex to overcome his pitiful situation. He was just waiting for a chance to meet her, and this moment was the one he had finally gotten.

“…the second son of the Wright family.”

Ray’s voice broke Weber’s thoughts.

Weber’s eyes shone strangely. They were disgusting and murky. The sound of his head rolling, wanting to hit him, seemed to echo throughout the hallway.

It seemed like this person would continue to harass and do things that were annoying to him. Ray barely suppressed her bad mood, thinking that she would cut off their future meetings.

“I have never allowed you to be intimate. Even if I had, it was only a thing of the past.”

“Oh, that’s…”

He expected Alex to get upset about this.

Weber seemed to have been waiting for it, and tried to continue the story by saying, ‘As you said, we were intimate before, so I did. I’m sorry. I really wanted to apologize for what happened in the past’.

He should have.

“My husband is also here, so who are you to be so impolite to speak informally to me? What? Alex? Are you crazy?”

Before he could even refute, Ray’s harsh words, like the ones he heard the day they broke off the engagement, poured out.

“Do you really want to get rid of me? Let me completely erase your shabby house from the back alleys of history? Huh? Your family is over with me.”

“What, what, what? What did you say just now…”

“Are your ears blocked? If you ever catch my eye again, I’ll use all my power to destroy you! Get out of here before I call the royal knights! Ah, hah. Haah.”

Her head felt dizzy and her body swayed as she raised her voice in her poor condition.

“Madam!”

“Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. It’s okay.”

“I think you should rest quickly.”

“Lean on me. I’ll take care of you.”

“Ale…”

The maids rushed over and supported Ray, leading her to the break room.

Weber tried to say something, but the two disappeared without a trace, leaving his call to himself in vain.

“Don’t let that person come this way.”

“Yes, ma’am. I’ll take care of it.”

Leaving the small commotion behind, Ray went into the smallest break room in the corner, where people wouldn’t likely visit. The room, which had nothing but a large, soft-looking sofa bed, had a fluffy rug on the floor and a faint fragrance.

The room was so small that there were no simple snacks or dressing tables in the break room. It seemed like no one would come here to rest, so it seemed like they could really rest comfortably here.

They were getting out of breath.

“I want to rest alone, but can you two step aside for a moment?”

The two looked troubled at Ray’s words.

“It’s dangerous to be alone. We’ll protect you.”

“Here, huh, there’s nothing dangerous. There’s no one.”

“That’s…”

The two who thought they would leave right away hesitated and stood still. He wondered why, but when he saw their gazes briefly touch his neck, Ray realized.

‘Ah, they’re not protecting me!’

The two’s mission was to protect Marin’s web, the iron of life that would straighten out the fate of generations, and in the process, he was just a bonus.

“Huh. Don’t run away. This is mine, so where would I go? I just want to rest comfortably. Just for a moment.”

The two exchanged glances for a moment and then entered the room.

“I’ll make sure there’s nothing to harm Madam.”

After confirming that there was nothing in the break room and that there was a window, but that they had to jump from the fifth floor to escape, the two politely greeted each other and went out of the break room.

“Ah, I’m going to die. Ugh. I really don’t feel well.”

Ray fell back on the sofa as she became more and more dizzy.

“Ugh!”

She tried to relax, but the corset was tightening around her body.

“It’s not even in good shape, and this is a mess… I have to take it off.”

Since it was a corset that you had to pull the strings on the back with all your might to tighten it, you couldn’t put it on by yourself, but if you could just untie the knot at the back, wouldn’t it be okay to take it off?

Ray struggled with her arms and took off the upper part of the dress. Then she tried to untie the tightly tightened back.

‘If only this part got in your hands.’

After struggling with all her might, Ray was able to untie the knot and loosen the corset in a few minutes.

“Wow. I feel like I’m going to live.”

Her arms were numb, but it was rewarding. As the corset that had been squeezing her body was taken off, she took a deep breath and the alcohol and stuffiness in her stomach disappeared all at once.

“My condition is getting better all at once? What? Then is this the reason why I’ve been so unwell?”

Ray burst out laughing at the sight of the corset in her hand, then threw it in the corner with an expression that said she didn’t want to look at it.

“I wonder if I’ll wear that again.”

If Wilpoff tried to make her wear it again, saying it was classy, ​​she would make the butler wear it too and share the pain.

“I have to take this off when no one is around.”

Ray pulled down her dress that was hanging all the way down to her waist and lay down on the sofa with her upper body bare.

Only Marin’s web remained on Ray’s body, shining brightly.

“Ah. It’s comfortable.”

* * *

While Ray was catching her breath and taking a deep breath on the sofa, Ramiel was leaving the banquet hall to find her, who was later than expected.

As soon as he reached the deserted hallway, he immediately wiped the smile off his face and returned to his original cold expression. He pretended to be happy, smiled more than usual, and greeted people as if he was having fun, but his mouth was about to twitch.

It was an incredibly tiring event that he couldn’t do twice.

“…So what are you going to do?”

“Well. That’s…”

He heard people coming into the hallway.

When it seemed like people were going to gather in his direction, Ramiel quickly walked in the opposite direction. He searched for the most secluded place possible, and found the maids he had ordered to guard Ray’s necklace standing in front of the corner lounge.

“What are you doing here?”

The two maids were a little surprised by Ramiel’s sudden appearance.

“The lady said she wanted to rest alone, so I’m guarding her here.”

“What?”

Ramiel’s eyebrows furrowed at the maid’s answer.

“This isn’t your mission, is it?”

The two people who sensed something unusual in Ramiel’s flat voice were startled and immediately explained.

“There’s nothing or no one in the room, and there’s only one entrance.”

“There’s a window, but it’s not big enough for the lady to escape through, and it’s not in a location where other people can enter…”

180 billion paves. If they wanted to, this much would be nothing, but they gave such an easygoing answer. It was ridiculous.

Ramiel didn’t need to hear the rest of the answer, so he put his hand on the handle and opened the door wide and went inside.

 

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