There’s no online sales in this world. Therefore, the nobles who bought the candles would undoubtedly call for much higher prices than what the boutique sells them for.

‘Lady Hedes probably aligns her prices with other locations.’

In other words, her margin was greater than other nobles.

If Lady Hedes sets the same price as my boutique, it will create price competitiveness.

“I’m making a radical proposal. If you accept my offer, I’ll give you an exclusive on the advanced form of the candles for three months.”

“Ex, exclusive?”

Her voice rose by two tones. It was an obviously appealing question.

“Yes. Those candles will only be available in my and your boutique for three months.”

“…….”

She rolled her eyes again. Tempted by my offer, she continued her mental calculations as I put the screws to her.

“If you’re uncertain, just say so. I can handle the expansion of the facilities, or I can offer it to a noble who wants to make a business agreement this afternoon.”

Lady Hedes, as if she never hesitated, immediately pulled out a contract with a broad smile.

“No, what are you talking about, Lady Countess? Ho ho ho. I was just thinking about where to expand the warehouse?”

“Ah.”

“I will purchase at 80% of the selling price. The warehouse expansion also seems like a very reasonable deal.”

At Lady Hedes’ words, I opened my desk drawer.

Inside were over ten large and small seals.

From the emblem with my signature, to a completely matching emblem, and others related to goddesses, puppies, candles, beverage glasses, etc., all were related to the boutique.

From these, I took out a seal that was engraved with my handwriting.

It was time to make the contract as I wanted.

(This is a time delimiter.)

The same day in the morning, before entering the training room where Ellen and Laila were, Philip raised his aura and focused his energy on his ears.

The conversation between Ellen and Laila inside was heard clearly.

“Mother, have you stamped the divorce confirmation?”

It was a planned question to verify Philip’s statement from yesterday that ‘the lady had stamped it.’

“…….”

Philip felt his heart pounding.

What would Ellen’s response be?

‘I hope it wasn’t true that she stamped it. Or…’

But contrary to hope, Ellen’s calm and confident answer came.

“Yes. I did.”

Philip’s vision went dark for a moment. His heart, which had been pounding, felt as though it had dropped.

‘……Whew.’

Philip covered his eyes with one hand for a moment and took a deep breath.

He recalled the first time he met Ellen, who had said she was possessed.

That morning when he was wildly beaten by Ellen.

He thought he should have suspected Ellen’s identity from the moment she displayed strange abilities.

‘I shouldn’t have spoken so harshly that day, no matter how angry I was.’

He regretted it.

Had he done so, Ellen might not have stamped the divorce papers without looking around first.

It would have been better if she had told him from the beginning that she was possessed, asking where she was and who she was.

“Damn.”
But before he could finish his thought, Philip spat out a harsh word.

In a very faint voice.

Even if Ellen had been possessed, it didn’t seem like his behavior would have been any different that day.

‘I would have thought my wife had plotted something anyway.’

Swallowing a small sigh, Philip recalled the vivid eyes he often found in Ellen.

That look in her eyes, as Philip felt, was either affection or love.

Philip clenched his fist tightly.

‘Does the possessed Ellen also seem to love me?’

If Ellen really had stamped the divorce papers, it must have been pushed by Philip’s cold atmosphere.

‘It was just that I ignorantly confirmed the stamp at first, I didn’t actually want a divorce.’

Philip felt much lighter. Then even if they divorced, they could get married again.

Of course, Ellen might not know that she can do so. So by now, she must be feeling very regretful and sad.

‘Then she will pretend to be calm.’

Philip opened the door, thinking that he could gauge Ellen’s real feelings from the atmosphere in the training room.

Reflexively, Ellen turned to look at Philip. And Philip couldn’t find what to say right away.

“…….”

No matter how he looked, there was not a trace of sorrow in Ellen. No, she even slightly furrowed her brow at Philip.

Philip’s gaze naturally went to Laila. Tears were welling up in Laila’s eyes.

Ellen’s response seemed to be very regretful. At the same time, Philip’s heart became very heavy.

Although it didn’t make sense to Philip, he realized that the reason Ellen had stamped was not because she was pushed into a strange environment.

‘I was mistaken!’

All that an embarrassed Philip could do was a small, awkward cough and a gesture for the lesson to begin.

‘I love her, but she doesn’t love me?’

Next, he wondered about the hot and explicit nights he had spent with Ellen. But soon, he headed toward the conclusion that it was difficult to refuse because they were a couple.

‘It was out of obligation!’

With his confused state, Philip arrived at some realization and felt spontaneously sorrowful. In some cases, he felt very sorry for Ellen.

When Ellen was angry, he did apologize, but it was not sincere; it was formal. Anyway, she was very satisfied.

But still, if it wasn’t voluntary, he should have apologized properly. But now, regretting that day was too late.

It felt strange and awkward to apologize now.

‘I’ll have to apologize when the opportunity comes.’

Philip, watching Ellen from the spectator seat, couldn’t overcome the various emotions going through his mind and closed his eyes.

Afterwards, Philip, who had entered his office, stared at the mirror for a long time. He even hoped to win Ellen’s affection with his appearance.

Society said of his looks:

Soft and glossy black hair, sometimes deep and sometimes twinkling purple eyes, glowing skin that made people envious enough to sigh, facial features more beautiful than art.

‘But why doesn’t Ellen care about my appearance now?’

He himself was so used to it that he wasn’t moved by it, but he was confident in his looks because he knew what the world thought of them.

“……Is it that I’m not to Ellen’s taste?”

Touching his cleanly shaved jawline and scrutinizing his appearance, Philip reached a conclusion and became gloomy.

“Sigh, what can I do about looking like this since birth.”