Chapter 51

Chapter 51

His appearance of refusing to talk at first vanished, and Eric now leaned forward curiously.

Theo smiled and shrugged her shoulders, expecting it.

“If anyone remembers all the conversations that day and can speak of it, I will praise him as a genius! It’s just the words of mine whose memory got cut off in the middle. Would you still listen to me?”

“Yes. Tell me.”

“At first, there was talk of Marquis Corzan’s affair. Then Mrs. Aslan said that a man’s lust is unacceptable and that it is a violation of mutual respect between lovers and morally condemnable.”

Theo continued excitedly.

“Then, I don’t know if the princess got angry or not, but she pointed out the hypocrisy of her talking about a moral relationship when the Aslan couple was just a contractual relationship in the first place, and there is no such thing as love.”

Eric narrowed his brow. Did she even go there and talk about love?

Eric was now tired of the love stories being mentioned in Chloe’s mouth, and he didn’t want to hear anymore. However, on the other hand, he felt strangely confirmed that she still loved him.

“But, Mrs. Aslan immediately rebutted it. She says that respect and consideration are the foundation of it.”

“That.”

Eric rubbed his forehead.

…Respect? Consideration?

If there was something missing between him and Chloe, she could mention that. They have no respect or consideration for each other.

How did Chloe feel when she said something that didn’t exist and exhibited it?

Presumably, it didn’t seem like it would have been that good… No, perhaps she was ashamed and embarrassed by herself. Eric was starting to get annoyed. It’s not that he is annoyed that Chloe lied to him, it was the circumstances that made her lie to him.

Abigail Leone and Elizabeth… Eric thought he should not forget them.

Of course, this would have been possible if he had always respected and cared for Chloe, but… Eric hadn’t even thought about it this far because Eric he was still a very selfish and stupid man.

“Still, Abigail knew about your divorce from the maid who worked here. You know that the maid you hired acted as a spy, right? If you didn’t know this, I’d be really disappointed.”

“I know. So, I fired her as soon as we got back that day.”

“Just get fired? What a merciful master. If it were me, I would have beaten her and kicked her out.”

Theo chuckled and spoke.

“Anyway, Mrs. Aslan did not deny the story of the divorce, and the ladies in it were preparing to go home and tell the story of the divorce of the Aslan couple. Then you arrived. And after that, you will understand without me telling you, right?”

Eric nodded his head. The news of the Aslan couple’s divorce happening as he entered the hall became a mere coincidence. While Eric felt fortunate, he also wondered why he felt relieved, on the other hand, as he questioned himself.

Probably because he, too, was in favor of the divorce and pushed Chloe!

Then, rather than feeling relieved, there should be a sense of unease, so why did he feel so relieved that other people won’t argue with them in their relationship?

Eric had a really hard time grasping his own mind.

In this way, people who did not look at themselves and did not consider their emotions tended to be bothered by the act itself. Sometimes, he thought it was useless. For this reason, Eric stopped thinking about his own mind and listened only to Theo’s words.

“From here on, an interesting story unfolds.”

Leaning forward, Theo uttered.

“Well, after you and the Madam are gone, Abigail Leone and Princess Elizabeth!”

He mixed a chuckle.

“They are betting on a divorce between you and your wife within three months.”

Eric closed his eyes.

Raising her eyes, he ordered Andrea to bring a bottle of wine. He wasn’t a drinker, but this time he couldn’t help but look for alcohol because it was such an unbelievable situation!

“They are really crazy.”

Eric said as he poured the wine into the glass.

“Really. They are crazy. Otherwise, how could they make such a shallow bet? I must lament that the capital level has fallen that far.”

He took a sip of wine. Theo also took the glass and poured the wine into his throat. Then he shrugged his shoulders with a more sullen look.

“I want to tell you that they aren’t the only ones who agreed.”

“Is it possible that the other wives also agreed?”

“Would you believe me if I said it was on the husband’s side instead of the wife?”

“Damn it.”

Eric clenched his fists tightly. His eyes were full of agitation, indicating that he harbored quite a bit of anger.

“Everyone is consuming us like gossip. They flashed their eyes, thinking when we’ll divorce. I think I want to divorce the most!”

“Because there were many men who had their wives in their hearts, and there were also many cases of the opposite.”

However, Theo was busy scratching Eirc’s inside with his calm voice. His eyes sharpened.

“So, are you saying that after Chloe divorced me, she would even remarry?”

Theo shrugged his shoulders again.

“The Third Prince already knew that.”

…Damn William.

He knew William was aiming for Chloe, but he didn’t know that he would reveal his desires so openly that everyone knew. What the hell was he going to do with him? How can he make him completely give up on Chloe…

No, no… It didn’t matter whom she remarried after they got divorced. Whomever she marries again should not be his problem.

‘Damn it.’

Eric ruffled his hair nervously. He frowns, pouring the wine down his throat again.

“Where did you bet?”

“Me?”

“Yes. Since you’re not the one who gets involved in this kind of game normally, you must have bet your money. Where did you bet it?”

“To be honest, I bet on getting a divorce. I don’t think the noble Chloe Aslan will bear with you anymore.”

Eric felt the urge to smack Theo in the face. But he couldn’t, because Theo’s words were right. It would also be strange if ‘that’ Chloe looked after her husband, that had such a vicious temper.

…Yes. He would admit it. Chloe’s divorce declaration was all his fault. So, wouldn’t it change her mind if he changed his temper? Perhaps, if he made an effort in a different direction than the kind of effort he’d been doing now?

The reason he thought this way was that he had no intention of participating in the nobles’ games. He was sick of being in their gossip. He had always used to chew on Eric as a snack. It was sure to be the same this time around.

Eric didn’t want to be their toy anymore, so he wanted to press down on their pride.

“I will make you regret that choice.”

He spoke in a solemn voice, making a declaration.

“I’m never going to divorce Chloe.”

This gave him a reason to stay married to Chloe.

Eric thought this was better though he did not know why he had such a happy feeling, and, as he said, he was not a person who looked at his feelings. In the end, he dismissed these feelings as insignificant.

Chloe was sick all the time.

It was also due to the noisy incident at tea time, but the biggest reason she was sick was that she ran out of medicine. After coming here and thinking that she shouldn’t be caught ill by Eric, whenever her heart hurt a little, she immediately took her pills, so the three months’ worth of pills had run out.

So, she was only taking fever reducer to relieve the rising fever and cough medicines to calm her cough, although it didn’t fundamentally subside the fever in her heart.

So, instead of getting better, it only got worse.

Even so, it was impossible to call a new doctor and reveal the name of the disease because when it happened, Eric would know everything about her — that she was time-limited.

No, was there any reason for him not to know?

Chloe thought.

Even though Eric said he hated her being ill, they would get a divorce anyway. In the past, she hid the truth because of fear of his anger or because of her deep-seated desire to continue the marriage with him a little longer, but now it was not like that.

Chloe sincerely wished for a divorce and now was not afraid of him getting angry, so it didn’t matter if he found out that she was time-limited.

Still, the reason she couldn’t tell him…

__