Chapter 162 (2/2)

“I have h s-silk clothes”

“It’s not enough”, he affirive you countless numbers of the most expensive clothes in the world Then, I’ll put diahter than the sun on each of your finger From your neck to your wrist, to your ankles, I’ll decorate you with jewels”

He grabbed her hand and pressed his lips on her wrist The feeling of the slightly cold, wet lips pressing against the sensitive, pulsing skin made Max shudder Riftan’s dark eyes were deeply satisfied

“I will doms I will make you enjoy as much as wealth as the princess of Roem” Riftan caressed her palm and spoke passionately to her “If the empire did not perish, you would have been treated as the most precious woman in this continent Someone like me wouldn’t have been allowed to even talk to you”

“D-don’t say such nonsense Roeo and the Roem family barely maintains their name… now t-they have no power, n-no influence I am j-just one of the m- too hureat ihter of the most powerful Duke in Whedon You are not just any noblewoman” Suddenly, a look of cruelty permeated Riftan’s face “I despise your father, but I don’t intend to disrespect him The reason the Duke chose me as your husband is because I was useful to hiroom for you”

Max’s hand, which was held by Riftan, flinched Like a hound that instinctively crushes a bird flapping out of his claws, he tightened his grasp

“I have no noble relatives Even if I die, I have no brothers ill bother to avenge ht who has the skill and reputation, but no power It was no big deal for hi commander, it wouldn’t be difficult to take care of any matter that may arise He just chose me to be the man whom he could use, then let die”

“Th-that’s…”

“He thought I would never coently but his tone was frightening “But I cae is real Now that man has no authority over you I am your family”

At those words full of possessiveness, she felt a cool breeze sweeping through her heart She orthless to her father, it was only Rosetta that the duke acknowledged as his daughter Maxihter, as ht at a timely opportunity, just to be of use to the Duke, so the fine noblewo to couldn’t possibly be her, but Rosetta

Max bit her lips The fact that her own father had thoroughly deceived and used her husband gave her a new kind of anger and she felt unbearably sad that she had been the key to that deceit The Duke of Crox should have given a cherished daughter to a young knight ould risk his life for hiht Rosetta to Riftan He should have been treated with that an to speak in a tre voice

“I’m r-really… s-sorry”

All of a sudden, as if all the spite escaped from him, Riftan clasped her face between his palms

“da to bla to do with your father’s evil tactics You never wanted to marry me, did you?” That was true He smiled at her bitterly as he looked at her eyes that couldn’t deny what he said “You are just another pitiful paas forced by your father to marry a lowly human like me”

“I-it’s not like that D-d-don’t say it that way-”

But he did not listen to his wife’s urgent words “However, I will make you perfectly satisfied I willany other noble or royalty”

Unable to bear his words anymore, Max started to speak “I-I already feel that way S-so…”

Suddenly she leaned over and wrapped her arms around his neck Riftan stiffened froorously He pulled her head and placed his lips over hers Max trereen apples, gently filled her ainst his neck and cry soared The fantasies he had of her was ridiculously surreal Max closed her eyes tightly, feeling miserable: no matter how hard she tried, she would not be able to ether like that, with their bodies glued to each other, for a long ti for him, he stroked her cheek and stared at her with a sad expression, then gave her a gentle kiss and reluctantly got up froloomily as she watched hi so hly deceived hiing past wasn’t worth thinking about, but she couldn’t shake her own self-condeed back to the room and collapsed on the bed The fact that Riftan treated her like an honorable princess made her uncomfortable to her bones For the past 22 years, Max was raised like a dog by her father When the dogs rebelled, her father would raise his whip, but they would at least bare their teeth at hi the punish with tears in her eyes

She had a deep understanding of how helpless andand hung on her father’s feet, Max couldn’t forget what her figure looked like through the led on the stone-cold floor like a worhter… all those titles were ridiculous

Max curled up and buried her face in her lap The hter her chest became Was it okay to admit who she really was and how far she was from his perfect wife idea that he had in histhe truth to her husband caused her body to have cold sweats and twisted her stomach

She ell aware of how the servants of Croix Castle looked at her Their glances, filled with lukewarm sympathy at a distance, were sometimes harder for her to bear than her father’s violence

It would be better to die than to receive such a look from Riftan Her husband believed that his as the most honorable lady in the world, and she never wanted hiot out of bed and left the roohts anyativity would s her whole