After I Sent the Divorce Letter, My Husband Went Mad - Chapter 32

Chapter 16.2

She couldn’t just stay still like this. After all, it had been three years since their last meeting, and she couldn’t bear the thought of welcoming her husband in a black outfit.

In the meanwhile, Seychelle cast a worried glance at her mistress. It was as if she was wishing Leilia could get a dress from anywhere.

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Leila made her way to the treasure trove situated on the lower level of Natale’s restaurant, which belonged to the Hyllan merchants association. The warehouse was brimming with valuable treasures, ranging from exquisite dresses to a rare blue diamond necklace.

She ventured into the treasure trove, carefully selecting jewelry and clothing for herself.

“A black dress, that was too much.”

“His Majesty’s intentions are quite obvious. It seems that he doesn’t want me to participate in the ceremony.”

With a smile, she gazed at the radiant jewels and delicately placed them into the baskets, one by one. At the same time, the anticipation of her upcoming actions filled her heart with joy.

“By the way, it seems that His Majesty Cassel is returning. Perhaps he hurried back because he wanted to see you?”

At Natale’s words, Leilia glanced at him.

“Hopeful stories are forbidden.”

“Is that so?”

“It’s more difficult to have hope and then despair.”

There was a hint of bitterness in her words.

Natale patted her back silently.

“Still, we need hope to make life worth living, don’t we?”

Despite being disregarded and unrecognized as Cassel’s wife by everyone, Natale, aware of this reality, utters to her.

“I’d rather have a harsh reality. If reality becomes too sweet, I’m afraid it’ll eventually crumble. Regardless, it’s better now than when I lived in Eloisa’s mansion.”

‘At least I don’t have to endure painful meals with family.’

“Seems like you have nothing but difficult things going on.”

“If we get divorced, I was going to stay in the empire only until my sister gets married and leaves for a foreign branch.”

However, Cassel refused to divorce, so she ended up staying here for a long time.

“Why would he refuse to get a divorce?”

‘…While having a beloved mistress and a woman he had feelings for buried in his heart.’

Even though the opportunity arose for him to pursue the woman he loved, he chose not to divorce and even expressed his willingness to overlook any infidelity on her part…

In the empire, it was a common practice for princes to marry women from less prominent families when they participated in wars. Many of these women engaged in infidelity and later divorced their husbands after they achieved fame as war heroes. rom the empire’s standpoint, using their infidelity as a reason, it was more advantageous to have the princes remarry women of higher social status, thus prompting these divorces.

“It didn’t seem like there was a solid reason for him to divorce since I hadn’t engaged in infidelity. It didn’t seem like he was trying to appease the public perception either.”

Finding wives who remained faithful was truly a rarity.

Hence, even the imperial family couldn’t enforce a divorce between Leilia and Cassel, which was why they advised her to take a step back on her own. Rumors about mistresses were circulating, and from the beginning, Leilia had made up her mind to let him go, intending to pursue an amicable divorce.

“The imperial family must dislike me. Since I didn’t send a divorce letter, they probably sent the black dress as a hint for me to grasp the situation.”

Leilia remembered the clothes.

“It’s unfair, even though I didn’t insist on not getting a divorce.”

She shrugged.

“But that doesn’t mean I want to wear shabby clothes according to the imperial family’s wishes. Besides, there was no specific order to wear those clothes.”

She chose a white dress among the dresses. It was the most splendid and beautiful dress.

“I think it would truly stand out if I wore this blue diamond necklace.”

“Of course.”

Leilia laughed as she imagined herself wearing the new clothes.

“Your Majesty should have treated me with some respect, or at least, he could’ve had basic courtesy.”

Her expression turned cold as she remembered the Emperor.

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Aaron quickly asked the escort driver when Leilia arrived and entered the room with a box of something.

“Where has she been?”

“She went to her uncle’s house.”

“Heh.”

He clicked his tongue at the answer. He wondered where she had gone, but she just went to Natale’s house.

“So you don’t know what she did?”

“I don’t know that much.”

“Alright.”

Aaron nodded.

He was aware that Leilia didn’t particularly like the jewelry and clothes sent by the Emperor, still, it was the only glamorous dress she had. Additionally, her current accessories were simple, making it more fitting for her to wear the attire and jewelry provided by the imperial family.

“She’ll wear it eventually.”

He murmured those words.

Regardless of her dislike for them, she had no other options. So naturally, it was inevitable that she would end up wearing them even in tears.

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