Chapter 23: The Unforeseen Bond
"What if I don’t?"
A smirk formed on my lips. My conscious mind was telling me that I had heard something wrong, but it was the correct sentence. Why? Why was he asking something he wasn’t going to uphold? Did he truly view me as a game?
"Madam?" I snapped out of my thoughts.
"What if you don’t? Is that what you want to know?" I asked again.
"Yes," he answered.
"Then before I answer your question, you should answer mine as well," I said while crossing my legs in front of me.
I leaned onto the couch.
"Why won’t you divorce me? I don’t think I’m beneficial to you, do you?"
"Even my brother Excalibur has the power which I don’t have."
"In the Duclea Empire, women don’t have much authority; they’re expected to maintain the household. So, why would you want to keep someone who is of zero use to you?"
"We don’t have the so-called love bond either, so why?"
"Why is the young Duke, who has achieved so much at such a young age, acting so persistently?"