“Can you be quiet, Devon?”

“……What did you.”

“If you’re going to make such trivial excuses, I’d prefer you to keep quiet.”

Devon gaped at me like a fish out of water, his face expressing disbelief.

It was understandable. Ettrisha had never cut him off before, nor had she been able to express her own opinions.

She was always desperate not to be disliked by him.

I blinked innocently.

“Oh my, you’re finally quiet. Why didn’t you just avoid straying in the first place?”

At the mention of infidelity, Devon frowned, his face suddenly alert.

“Mother was right; you’ve changed. Why are you doing things you never did before? I’ve told you multiple times, the infidelity is a misunderstanding.”

“A misunderstanding. So your affection for my stepsister Berita is also a misunderstanding?”

Devon inhaled sharply at the mention of Berita. He leaned back slightly, then feigned a calm smile.

“Affection? You must be jealous. Berita is just your stepsister whom I treated kindly.”

“Ah, is that so?”

I blinked slowly, my eyes clouded.

It’s amazing how the excuses of the unfaithful are always the same.

I casually pulled out a picture prepared by Lainbutton – evidence of Devon’s infidelity.

I tapped on the image of Devon embracing a woman and engaging in a passionate kiss.

“Do you cultivate camaraderie with saliva?”

“This is……”

Faced with undeniable evidence, Devon’s eyes shook violently. I smirked and pulled out the negotiated divorce papers provided by Lainbutton.

“Just sign here. I know you won’t easily agree, but there are countless ways to make you sign. Let’s part amicably before I harbor ill intentions.”

Standing up from my chair, I couldn’t bear the revulsion of sharing the same space any longer.

“Please don’t visit like this again; it’s a nuisance to those who have taken me in.”

Especially if Lirien saw him, she would be uncomfortable.

As I passed Devon to leave the room, a sudden sound erupted.

Bang!

Devon slammed his hand on the desk and grabbed my wrist with a vice-like grip, almost crushing the bones.

“Ouch, let go.”

“I told you it’s a misunderstanding. I’ve been patient enough; what more do you want!”

Devon’s eyes bulged with rage, his voice filled with unrestrained anger.

‘There’s his true nature.’

He always had a quick temper. While he never had a reason to be violent with the submissive Ettrisha, he was often aggressive towards those below him.
Even now, look at him. Unable to dominate, he resorts to creating fear to intimidate the physically weaker.

‘Pathetic.’

When I glared back coldly and unflinchingly, Devon seemed taken aback. Cold sweat trickled down his temples.

“Ah, damn it!”

Releasing my wrist as if throwing it away, Devon ran his hands roughly through his hair.

I stepped back, cradling my reddened wrist.

“Oh, fine! I’ve been with other women a few times. But that’s all it was! Just a few nights of sleep! If you can’t understand that, what do you want?”

What? Devon continued to babble, oblivious to my stunned reaction and any sense of shame.

“You should be fawning over me after I’ve forgiven you this much. Acting so high and mighty, do you think you’re something special?”

“…….”

“If you’re thrown out of the mansion, you’ll have nowhere to go. I took pity and held onto you, and this is how you repay me? You should know your place!”

Ha, haha! I burst into bitter laughter, looking around the empty room.

The face of Devon, who once smiled brightly at me under my bridal veil, calling me the most beautiful in the world, now overlaid with his current face, seemed to shatter like glass.

Reflecting on my married life, I had suspicions about my father’s will, but out of fear and the desire to believe that Devon, the only one left in my world, truly loved me, I blinded and deafened myself, hiding in this mansion. Unaware that my love was killing me. Living in constant anxiety and unease, never knowing when my husband would abandon me.

Rage welled up as I recalled the past, and my eyes stung with tears.

My jaw trembled, and I clenched my teeth and fists tightly.

“A parasite, that’s what you are.”