The Wicked Wife's Dark History Keeps Coming Back To Haunt Her - Chapter 163
āIām the one clinging now.ā
Fwip.
Nina turned her head to look at Ash.
What?
What did he just sayā¦?
Her pale blue eyes wavered violently, like waves meeting a storm.
She wondered if he was joking in front of everyone, and looked at him with a flustered expression, but no matter how she looked, he was completely serious.
āWhat do you mean, āclingingāā¦?ā
When the bewildered Nina opened her mouth, he gently covered her hand as if to say, āBe still.ā
āIs that true?ā
Her grandfather asked, and Nina blinked in confusion.
Even if he asked, she had nothing to say.
This was the first she was hearing of it too.
Her mother, equally unable to believe it, spoke with a bewildered look.
āDuke, are you joking right now?ā
It struck her anew. Her married life had been so hopeless that even her own family couldnāt take her sideā¦
āI canāt go on without her anymore. So Iām going to try my best.ā
āIs that really true?ā
Nina didnāt know what to do under the gazes of the three people, all waiting to see if it was true. She just moved her lips silently and said nothing.
This was something that hadnāt been discussed at all.
āDuke Bayern, has my daughter done something again? Or is she blackmailing youā¦?ā
Ah, Motherā¦
Nina made a distressed face at her motherās wary question toward Ash.
āā¦Letās talk about the details later. For now, the banquet is still going on. What will you do?ā
āYes, considering your health, it would be better to rest, wouldnāt it?ā
āThatās right, Nina, weāll leave you alone for now, so get plenty of rest, and weāll catch up another time.ā
Nina shook her head at her grandfather, mother, and father.
āI have to show everyone that Iām perfectly fine. Otherwise, who knows what sort of rumors will start spreading?ā
Rebeccaās behavior was easy to predict.
Rebecca always liked to tarnish her name with rumors.
If Nina were to be absent, sheād just use it as an excuse to spread strange rumors, so she needed to show she was fine.
āThen you should wear this tonight.ā
At that moment, Ash handed her a green velvet box from the side table.
āThis isā¦ā
Ash opened the box and spoke.
āA gift for you.ā
Inside, a natural red diamond necklace and earrings shone beautifully.
He was giving her something so expensive, something sheād never even laid eyes on in her previous lifeā¦
When he said he would sponsor Henry, sheād felt it, but maybe this man was like a tree that gives endlessly.
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The corners of Rebeccaās lips twisted upward when Nina still didnāt appear at the banquet.
When she saw Nina still walking around after ingesting it, sheād worried maybe her father had made a mistake, but that concern proved unfounded.
At some point, Duke and Duchess Taylor had also left, and the hunting festivalās winner, Duke Bayern, never appeared at all.
Something must have happened.
If the winner didnāt appear at the banquet, there had to be a compelling reason.
Rebecca smirked as she sipped her champagne.
It would have been better if Nina had made a fool of herself in public, but it was enough that she had accomplished her objective.
A drug like Angel is deadly for pregnant women.
A motherās body is so important. If you take something like that, even if you donāt miscarry, the child canāt possibly be born healthy.
āIn fact, that would be better.ā
If, after carrying a child for ten months, the baby born is not whole, how miserable and wretched would that be?
And if the coupleās broken relationship had only been restored because of the child, then once it was over, she could watch Nina be thoroughly cast aside.
Nina Bayern, in ruins both in body and spirit.
It would be delightful to see her divorced by Duke Bayern, discarded by her family, and forced to remarry some nobody.
Thatās the fate awaiting a woman who fails to produce an heir.
Wishing for the unhappiness of those you hate is human nature.
Rebecca raised a glass in her heart to Ninaās misery.
āā¦Madam, everyoneās talking about that one-armed artist. He was originally right-handed, wasnāt he? But heās creating such impressive works with his left. Your eye for talent is truly remarkable.ā
āThatās right, they say even Count Conwell has his eye on such a talented young artist at that age.ā
Malgivo
This Rebecca thinks she’s done something big and wonderful, and that she was able to abort Nina’s “imaginary, of course” child, but she’s only building hopes on uneven ground. In fact, contrary to her plots, Nina and Ash’s relationship has become more advanced and interconnected. Rebecca lives a kind of deficiency, even if she doesn’t admit it publicly. She’s dissatisfied with her husband, the Duke, and believes he doesn’t deserve her. She tortures children just to vent her sick sadism, and cuts off their hands to appear as a benefactor and do-gooder. Yes, this is how the European world used to be. It was corrupt to the bone, but then it witnessed changes and liberations. Without them, we would still see such models in abundance. Even if they still exist, they are minor. In any case, the world is divided into two parts, good and evil, and each one completes the other. There is no evil without good, and no good without evil. I still hope to meet Rebecca in an alley with no exit, and I will treat her with all kindness and dignity. I assure you, don’t be afraid šš