Sold to the Duke of the Empire, I still had hopes of a happy marriage in my heart as I'd liked the Duke for a very long time. I wanted to give the Duke my everything, even if it was just a political marriage. I tried my best to fulfill the marriage but Alexavier Agnes, the man I got married to never showed up in our bedroom even once after six months of our marriage. One day while having dinner we had a small quarrel and he dashed out of the room fuming and panting in anger. That was also the night when my screams and cries echoed in pure darkness as I was murdered brutally by some assassins. Why was I killed? Why did my husband hate me so much? Why did he not show up in our bedroom for six months? There's so many questions I didn't know the answers to. I shed tears of blood as I took my last breaths and swore to myself that if I get a next life I'll never marry this man again. ... Turns out God listened to my prayers as I woke up as my younger self... But I failed to stop my marriage with him. And something strange happened as he unexpectedly showed up in our room on our very first night. "I only married you to save the marquis's fortune." I paused before adding, "I'll divorce you in an year." His brows furrowed as he growled, "You can not divorce me." Why? Why does he not want to divorce? He hates me and I hate him back, divorce is the best option for us. Then why? Just what changed this time?
In the Underground Dungeon
"Did you place her in the cell?" the crown prince asked.
"Yes, your highness. As you have said, I did as you wanted. Please check upon her. From the moment she was brought here, she kept on screaming nonstop, as if she is being executed right now," the knight reported.
"Ok, I will go see her!!!" he said, walking toward the cell where the maid was shackled and kneeling on the surface.
"Your highness, please release me! I am being framed. I didn't do such things. I don't know why this happened, but if I wanted to do something like this, I would have done it by someone else, not by myself," she pleaded.
"Yes, I know you didn't do this. So, tell me who made you do this! I know you are trying to save someone, and that's why you are trying to make yourself innocent," Crown Prince Maximus said.
"No, why would I do that? Why would I do something on someone else's saying?" her eyes avoided direct contact.