Chapter 1

Where did it go wrong?

I raised my head and stared at the scene in front of me.

“Liena, eat carrots too.”

A first brother who disciplines his younger sister who is a picky eater even when she’s grown up.

“I am not going to die even if I don’t eat some carrots.”

A beautiful girl with chubby wheeks.

“Bunny, why don’t you eat carrots even though you’re nicknamed Bunny?”

A second brother who makes fun of his younger sister as if she’s cute.

“Stop. No one can force my daughter to eat food she doesn’t like.”

A father glaring at his sons who are trying to fix his younger sister’s unhealthy eating habits.

Indeed, it’s a daily life of a friendly family though I find it too much.

“How dare you put carrots on the table and forget Liena’s appetite!”

The faces of the servants who have been serving food turned pale at the Duke’s rebuke.

“Punish everyone who prepared the food–including the chef–with a rod, and fire them.”

“I’ll take your order!”

As a result, the chef and several servants who have dedicated themselves to the duke’s family for over thirty years are in danger, not only of being beaten with a rod but also of losing their jobs.

“Dad! You don’t have to do that!”

Liena dissuaded her father,

“They only put carrots on the table!”

with wise words.

“Liena……”

The three men look at her with eyes like they are looking at something dazzling.

“I will put it aside as you wish.”

“As expected, you are so kind.”

“You are so innocent. If you go somewhere, you will only lose money.”

……I’m bored, really.

Liandro, Liena’s first brother, who saw me unable to control my expression, asked me, “Wife, are you not feeling well?”

A cold attitude that was different from the way he looked at his sister.

“……I just don’t have an appetite.”

Liandro’s eyebrows twitch.

“You left behind the food that had been painstakingly cooked. It would be heartbreaking for those who made the food.”

What the hell is this punk?

Who is the man who nodded his head at his father’s words that he would immediately kill those who made the food?

I felt compelled to grab the fork and throw it at him, but I managed to hold it in.

‘Calm down, calm down.’

I have to endure it. After all, we won’t see each other for about a month.

In the Cassius family, there is a tradition that once a month, all family members and their spouses gather to have a meal together.

Liandro does not demand any special duties from me as a wife, except to follow that tradition.

In other words, if I endured just a few hours a month, I could enjoy a prosperous life as the wife of the heir to Duke Cassius.

It’s foolish to kick myself out of this comfortable life of playing and eating.

I forced a faint smile and replied, “I know. I am sorry.”

Liandro turned his head without removing the frown on his forehead. I wonder what made him so dissatisfied.

Feeling the subdued atmosphere, the duke’s second son, Leheim, changed the subject.

“Bunny, if you eat all the carrots, this brother of yours will give you a present.”

“A present? What present?”

“It’s no fun if I tell you in advance. Eat quickly.”

“Jeez, okay. I’ll eat it.”

With a carrot in her mouth, she still looks like a child despite her age.

She chewed all kinds of food in her mouth and swallowed it.

“Here! I’m done!”

Liena who proudly showed the empty plate was very cute.

She has white-silver hair and red eyes. Why does her nickname need a special explanation?

A delightful smile blooms on the faces of the three men looking at the lovely woman.

Liandro, whose frown on his forehead had disappeared, stroked his younger sister’s head affectionately.

“I’m proud of you. As a reward, I will also give you a present.”

“Did you prepare a present, too?”

“After you finish eating, I’ll order the servants and bring it to you.”

“It’s not even my birthday, why is everyone making a fuss over giving presents!”

“It’s just a small present, so don’t refuse.”

These days, even the piles of presents in the carriages seem to be expressed with the word ‘small.’

It just makes my mouth pout.

“Do you have any presents for your wife? My sister-in-law will be upset.”

Leheim asked his older brother as he looked at me.

Yes, it’s starting to go well. Apart from what I decided to endure and live, I have to receive what I have to receive.

“Right. Do you have any presents for me?”

Liandro’s face hardened again, probably because he read the slight sarcasm on my face.

“Do you need any presents? It’s not even a special day.”

Are you going to give a present to Liena because it is a special day?

Instead of rebutting him like that, I immediately closed my mouth. Actually, it’s not something new.

It’s not like I’ve seen Liandro bring presents for his younger sister once or twice.

Unlike the Duke or Leheim, he left the capital after marrying me and lived in the Cassius estate. Since he didn’t see his younger sister often, he couldn’t help but be anxious about not being able to do what was best for his younger sister.

So, today wasn’t particularly bad for me either.

……this is normal.

“Today is our wedding anniversary.”

I wanted to speak calmly, but for some reason, a weak voice came out.

Yes. Exactly two years ago, Liandro and I signed the marriage certificate.

It means that two years have passed since he and his family treated me like air.

“Wedding anniversary…….”

A dark shadow fell on Liandro’s face after he thought about my words once.

Seeing you make a guilty expression, I guess you are embarrassed?

“Oh my gosh! Come to think of it, today is my eldest brother’s wedding anniversary!”

Liena with her hands covering her lips exclaimed.

“How can you forget your wedding anniversary?”

“If you have a family, try to pay a little attention.”

Leheim and Duke Cassius each helped me. I can’t believe that the members of the Duke family, who are united by the strong family love, took my side and rebuked Liandro.

Liandro opened his mouth with an embarrassed expression on the stinging gazes of his family–especially his younger sister.

“It was definitely my fault for forgetting the wedding anniversary but…….”

But?

You won’t stop just by admitting your mistakes?

“Is there a law that only husbands should give presents to their wives just because it’s their wedding anniversary?”

Oh my, are you going to be like that?

“Marriage is something that both husband and wife should celebrate. My wife didn’t prepare a present for me either…….”

There was nothing more to be heard next. He was just talking about some kind of nonsense story.

I took a deep breath.

I have endured a lot.

Others might say that I was lucky.

I have a handsome, talented, and wealthy husband. Besides, he doesn’t even interfere with my work, so what more do I need?

Certainly, my life has been prosperous since I married him.

A prosperous life that I had never been dreamed of before getting married, and even before I possessed.

If there’s only one problem……, I want his affection.

So I endured. I had no choice but to endure it.

When Liandro changed his attitude like flipping his palms over after marriage.

When he left me alone on the honeymoon for an urgent matter.

When he gave our first wedding anniversary present through an aide.

But I can’t endure it any longer.

The anger that I had been holding back for the past two years quietly exploded inside of me.

Perhaps if he had celebrated our wedding anniversary through someone else like he did a year ago, I would have endured it as much as ever.

My hands acted one step faster than my head. I threw away the object I had been hiding in my pocket.

puck!

“Ugh.”

It directly hit Liandro’s arrogant face.

A small, nicely wrapped present box was scattered across the table. The wedding anniversary present I had prepared for him a few days ago had no meaning anymore.

“Let’s divorce.”

And I said goodbye.