The Wicked Wife's Dark History Keeps Coming Back To Haunt Her - Chapter 226
Crack, crack, craaack.
He snapped each joint without hesitation.
If he followed his true desire, he would have shattered every bone in the man’s body, but Nina was standing outside the door.
She was pounding on the door in panic, as if she were worried for this wretch of all people.
“Honey! Open the door, Honey…!”
He couldn’t waste more time here.
Someone would arrive soon.
Even as fury surged so violently it made the back of his head throb, his cold mind calculated how little time this ‘interview’ had left.
Crack.
“Mmph, mmphh!”
He broke the last finger cleanly.
George’s right hand would likely never function properly again.
“Hff, guh, ughh…”
Tears streamed down George’s face as he writhed like an insect.
Watching him convulse in pain, Ash still couldn’t shake the feeling that this wasn’t enough.
“……”
His wife had been hurt right in front of him.
Her terrified, urgent steps.
Her head wrenching backward under someone else’s force, revealing the fear in her sea-colored eyes.
That vivid image stamped into his mind fueled violent cruelty and rage that surged uncontrollably, but…
Clack.
Unfortunately, this interview was over.
Ash quickly straightened his clothes as people rushed into the room.
“W-What in the world is this, Duke…!”
With a composed tone, Ash addressed Viscountess Beverley, who had collapsed in shock.
“The party hasn’t ended yet. Is it proper for the host to abandon the hall like this?”
“How could you do this. Even if you are the Duke, how could you treat my son like this…!”
Ash lifted his gaze as if he found her words absurd, then let out a faint sigh.
“I should have pulled out all his teeth too.”
“H-How can you say something so cruel!”
“I suppose I should have.”
If he had known she would respond so brazenly, he wouldn’t have shown any mercy in the first place.
As Ash took a step as if to approach George again, Nina grasped his arm and spoke.
“The state of your son shouldn’t be what matters right now.”
“Look at this? His hand is ruined, and you say it doesn’t matter?!”
Her child?
Of course, a child is precious.
What could be more important to a mother than her child.
But…
“You already knew. That your son is addicted to the drug.”
At Nina’s low voice, the Viscountess’s face drained of color, then turned a sickly green.
“N-No. A drug. Impossible. You misunderstand. If he did anything wrong to either of you, he must have simply been drunk…”
Nina held up a glass bottle.
It was identical to the drug Count Azelot had handed her.
Not only was the liquid inside transparent, but even the shape of the bottle was the same. There was no need to confirm anything. It was the drug.
“I saw with my own two eyes George trying to force this on the daughter of Count Bernard. And your son grabbed me by the hair.”
“T-That is…”
“And my husband saw it too.”
“……”
The Viscountess shut her eyes tightly and kept her mouth closed.
There was not only physical evidence but also witnesses, and those witnesses were none other than the Duke and Duchess of Bayern.
Realizing no excuse would work, she dropped to her knees.
“Your Graces, the Duke and Duchess, please show mercy… I beg for mercy…”
The drug was strictly banned by the imperial family.
If it became known that George was an addict, the entire Beverley household would come under imperial investigation.
If neither the head of house nor the heir were involved, it might have blown over after a brief uproar.
But George’s life was effectively over.
Once addicted to the drug, a person lost the ability to control their own actions.
And anyone who associated with him would become a target of imperial inquiry, so who would dare stay close to him.
To protect the standing of House Beverley, kneeling without hesitation was the obvious response.
But.
“The ones you truly need to beg forgiveness from are not us, are they?”
Nina’s response was ice cold.
Her hair being grabbed?
Aside from losing a few strands, she was unharmed, so she was fine.
And her husband had gone overboard with her revenge for her, which made receiving an apology feel almost embarrassing.
But there was one person who deserved a real apology here.
