Honey, Why Can’t We Get a Divorce? Chapter 14

"I didn't do anything today?" I actually didn't do anything. I an I tried, but I couldn't. Not with the Crown Prince refusing to even et .

Sylvester didn't seem to believe , though. He narrowed his eyes at , "Don't lie, and shook a piece of paper in front of my eyes, "if you didnt do anything, why did the Crown Prince send this ssage?"

ssage? I took the paper from his hands in a hurry, "What is it?"

The ssage itself was short.

[Get back into the palace with your wife now]

With a postscript.

[I will make you pay for touching my woman.]

"My Woman? Does he an Countess Fleur?

"What the hell is he talking about?" I muttered unconsciously.

Sylvester chastised , "That's what I want to say. What the hell happened to the Crown Prince for him to send this ssage?"

"I really didn't do anything!" I was so dumbfounded that I had to speak up to defend myself. "Touching my woman? I only t the Countess and said hello!"

Sylvester still looked suspicious of and I felt myself about to burst. "Whether you want to believe it or not is up to you, but Ill say it once againI seriously didnt do anything."

He still looked like he doubted , but after contemplating it for a while with his tongue in his cheek, he let out a long sigh and led back into the carriage.

"Let's go."

I got back onto the carriage I just got off of.

******

I passed the gates of the Imperial Palace the second ti I visited. The servant who told , "Get lost," personally guided us as if he never swore in front of . I felt resentful.

"That man swore at earlier, I whispered to Sylvester, "He told to get lost. He said the Crown Prince ordered it, but still! Isnt he too much?

Sylvester looked my way. "And?"

"What?"

"What am I supposed to do about that?"

"A- Are you not angry that your only wife was getting cursed at?"

Sylvester coldly replied to , "How many tis have you heard people telling you to get lost? You should be used to it by now."

"Of course, it's completely my fault that people bla for everything," I pouted, annoyed by his answer.

Seeing this, he laughed at , "Don't you swear even harder?"

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"Yeah, didn't you tell the Grand Duchess a while ago that she looked like an uncooked grain of rice you wouldnt even let co close to your mouth?"

Upon hearing his reply, I decided to shut my mouth.

Ophelia! You've been very creative at cursing people out, haven't you?

Even I couldnt think of such an insultI was still far behind the original Ophelia, after all.

"I'll visit her soon and apologize."

"What?" Sylvester turned to as if he couldnt believe the words that flowed out of my lips. "How are you going to apologize? Are you going to say Sorry you look like a grain of rice?"

"Wouldn't that be good?" Or not. Realising how awkward that was, I decided to backtrack, "If I apologize for what I did wrong, my reputation will maybe get better."

Will apologizing really fix my reputation?

I don't know.

Seeing what I've done so far, I knew I would have to stay quiet for a few years in order for everyone to change the way they think about . Except I wanted to get divorced fast.I want to go to a quiet place and live peacefully, no more unneeded violence from . Just imagining it made happy.

But soone had to interfere with my dreamsSylvester.

"Do you have to fix your reputation, though?" He sounded like he was against that idea. "The more notorious you are, the better."

"Why?" I asked purely out of curiosity.

"That's because," Sylvester continued with sothing I never thought he would say, "The more evil you commit, the more attention is put onto you. It's a good thing for ."

"What do you an?"

"Just think about it."

I narrowed my eyebrows, "Are you saying youre doing sothing worse when I'm doing sothing bad and getting people's attention?"

"That's it! You're so smart, my wife."

Wow.

I was so unlucky to be together with Sylvester from start until the end. I said, emphasizing each word, "I will not be doing that anymore. If we need the Crown Prince, we have to shoot down the bad rumors surrounding ."

I had a point. Maybe that was why? Maybe that was why Sylvester looked at strangely. "A double-edged sword, He muttered roughly, proceeding to kick the servant in front of them with his foot.

"Ugh!" The servant reeled down with his knees bent.

"It's the price for swearing at my wife." Sylvester looked down at him sharply, though he did look quite pitiful, "If you say such a thing to her one more ti, then you will say goodbye to your throat."

He was Callian's exclusive servant, which made wonder if he was allowed to even do this to him, but Sylvester made no changes to his expression as if everything was fine.

Well, hes a villain, after all.'

Sylvester was the Duke of the Empire and the head of the pro-Loyalists, so nobody could call him out for thisit was sowhat similar to Ophelias case. No matter how evil Ophelia was, no one would reprimand her.

Except for Callian.

So you're calling to punish ?' Even though I did nothing, unless nothing ant saying hello to Fleur. There was no way he called just because I said hello to her, did he? Fleur talked to first, so how could I have ignored her? I was just trying to be friendly.

I'll do my best. I stared at the door of the drawing room, thinking so. I opened the door and,

"What?"

I could see Fleur crying.

What's going on here?

******

Fleur was in Callian's arms crying. Her face looked so sick as she shed sad tears and I could see his protective instinct grow stronger.

A fragile beauty described Fleur perfectly. However, I was embarrassed since she was crying because of ! What the hell is going on? I looked at Callian and Fleur, dumbfounded.

"Ophelia Ryzen, Callian gave a piercing glare; he looked absolutely furious with his red face and widened eyes. "Didn't I order you to not talk to Fleur?"

I stuck out my head with my mouth half open, "Are you angry that I said hello to the Countess?"

"That's right."

"That's why the Countess is crying?"

Callian did not answer, but silence ant I was right. I was so embarrassed that I spit out a laugh and touched my forehead. "Look, Countess, I kept an eye on Fleur, "you talked to first! I just replied! And we even had a good conversation, didn't we?"

All we said was, How are you?', Where were you going?', Go ho safely.'

It was really just an innocent conversation. "But what's wrong with you all of a sudden? What did I do?"

Fleur's white face was whiter and tears dripped down her eyes like chicken poo. She grabbed her chest and hiccuped. "S-so scary!"

"What?" I looked at her. I knew if I looked at her with a face like mine, especially when I was this frustrated, I would have been beyond intimidating, but I couldn't control my anger. Fleur hiccuped once more and Callian's gaze grew sharp.

"Can't you get rid of that face right now?"

"No, why would you say that about my face?"

"Ophelia Ryzen!" Callian's loud shout filled the room. "If you don't apologize right away, I'll take this as a personal offense towards ! Your family won't be safe this ti!"

What are you saying? Youre threatening my family now?

I frowned deeply, wanting so badly to protest against this injustice. We really just had a normal conversation, but no matter what, he wouldnt believe . However, if I lost my temper then, Callian would just get angrier and the plan to seduce Callian would fail. For the sake of building good relations with Callian, I had to put up with it.

YeahSoone once said that if I could hold myself back three tis, I would be able to avoid murder, I murmured and took a deep breath. I was so angry that I felt myself going crazy, but I couldn't protest. The Crown Prince is the one who holds the most power here.

I lifted my shoulder and held my trembling hands. Sylvester's gaze burned into my skin, but I ignored it. "I understand."

"I was wrong," I looked at Fleur, who was still tearful. "I apologize, Countess"

Wait, Sylvester, who had been silent the whole ti, cut off, "what did my wife do so wrong?"