I Failed to Divorce My Husband - Chapter 29

– Chapter 29 –

He had no choice but to turn his head.

She’s a really straightforward daughter-in-law. She’s spitting out what she wanted to say so easily.

Even though it was so embarrassing, strangely, it wasn’t bad.

He was glad to see this child easily discovering a secret that no one had ever noticed before.

And, he felt grateful.

He thought he had been indebted to Erin. He wanted to repay her slowly as she lived in the future.

So he couldn’t get over what this kid was saying

When she was halfway speaking her words.

Erin continued to provoke the Duke.

“The more you hesitate, the more it will be delayed, won’t it?”

Erin stared at the Duke with round eyes, so much that it was almost burdensome.

The words that could be seen in Erin’s eyes were clear.

“Just stop it now and tell the truth.’

Logan was swayed by Erin’s words.

However, his distance with them was already too far.

He can’t even remember the last time they looked and greeted each other.

He didn’t even know how to approach them.

“See you at breakfast tomorrow!”

Leaving those words behind to him who was embarrassed, Erin then greeted him and turned around.

It sounded as if she had read his mind, suggesting that he should try to talk to Isabella tomorrow.

Erin wanted to help the Duke and Duchess.

Because they can’t spend the time they have together like this in the future.

That’s why she deliberately hinted during breakfast.

This is a time where you can see each other’s faces naturally once a day without having to forcefully create situations.

Besides, the atmosphere at breakfast was pretty good.

It appears to be the best time for your relationship to get a little closer.

Gazes passed between Erin and the Duke several times.

But in the end, the Duke didn’t say a word throughout the meal.

Eventually, breakfast was nearing its final stage.

There is an after-meal tea to aid digestion.

It was time for Logan to part his lips to say something

But, Isabella’s lips parted first.

“I have something I’d like to say.”

She was looking straight at him.

It was an atmosphere that made even Erin who sat next to her nervous.

Her lips opened very slowly, yet without hesitation.

“Let’s get a divorce.”

The same calm and composed voice, as usual, rang out

So at that moment, Erin thought that she might have misheard the shocking words contained in it.

But it wasn’t an illusion. She had told him clearly.

Erin reflexively looked at Aiden next to her.

Aiden had a calm face as if not surprised at all.

‘Is he really okay?’

It was when Erin’s gaze went down. She could see the fork slipping out of Aiden’s hand.

It was not without agitation at all.

But Aiden immediately cleared the fork and looked straight at the Duchess.

It wasn’t a look of concern or anxiety.

He seemed to want to hear what the Duchess wanted to say.

Meanwhile, the Duke just stared at the Duchess with an expressionless face without a single movement.

“Let’s divorce.”

“Now, I don’t want to live with you anymore.” The Duchess said firmly.

As the Duchess spoke once more, the Duke’s eyebrows, which had remained expressionless, twitched.

“Are you serious?”

“There’s no way I would make a joke with you, right?”

The Duchess’s voice remained unchanged in pitch throughout.

It’s not just an emotional statement.

“I’m tired.”

Erin witnessed. After hearing the words of the Duchess, the glass that the Duchess was holding in her hand slid.

But she quickly fixed and caught it, leaving no sound or trace.

The Duchess picked up a teacup.

She didn’t drink it, but as she opened her mouth again, she witnessed it sway inside every time she moved the teacup.

“I don’t need anything. I just want to call it quits.”

She had already made all the decisions in her mind.

Erin barely grabbed the fork that almost dropped.

She was as surprised as the Duke.

‘What’s this situation?’

Erin looked at the Duchess with a bewildered face.

Her cold, frozen gaze turned toward the Duke.

Erin could not come to her senses at the situation unfolding before her eyes.

‘Why all of a sudden?’

She never imagined that the Duchess would bring up the matter of divorce.

It wasn’t just because the two weren’t close.

In the original story, the Duke and Duchess never get divorced in the first place. No, divorce is not even mentioned.

The relationship between the two continued to be cold.

However, in the original story, Aiden was also influenced by the relationship between the two of them, so the relationship between the three grew more and more distant.

Later, Aiden had reached the point where he resented the two of them.

So, before such a thing happens, I thought it would be good if I could help each of them out a little bit so that they could confirm their feelings……

‘Now just what does she mean by divorce.’

Erin watched the two anxiously in that unexpected situation.

However, the mood between the two showed no sign of improving.

As it got more and more serious, Erin got nervous, and then she remembered that Aiden had almost dropped the fork a while ago.

Erin carefully turned her head toward Aiden and looked at him.

Aiden still had a calm face.

Erin, who wanted to let him know that she was by his side, took Aiden’s hand under the table.

Then, Aiden slowly turned his head to look at Erin.

“Are you okay?”

Erin asked Aiden with her mouth moved silently

But what he replied was a smile that comforted Erin.

Erin felt her heart, which had been unstable for a moment, calm down.

The truth is, Erin was more flustered than Aiden and did not know what to do.

Erin and Aiden held each other’s hands and relied on each other.

However, this situation was not anticipated, and the person who is currently experiencing the greatest confusion is Logan.

In Logan’s mind, while looking at Isabella’s face, Erin’s words suddenly came to mind.

‘It would be too late when you regret it.’

So is this already too late?

No.

Logan’s eyes hardened stubbornly.

Logan’s eyes widened, and he stiffened firmly. His eyes were ferocious.

“I can’t believe you brought up divorce after all this time.”

He gave himself strength every time he stopped talking

“Absolutely impossible. It’d be quicker if you just kill me and become a widow.”

Logan firmly rejected it.

He thought maybe this time he could get even a little closer to Isabella.

But he then realized she was thinking of abandoning him entirely.

But even if she resented him more in the future, he could never accept a divorce.

Logan looked straight into Isabella’s eyes with a stern look.

She opened her mouth to his unwavering attitude.

“Are you serious?”

“I’m more serious than ever.”

The two’s eyes met sharply. They were staring intently at each other.

A fierce battle of nerves ensued between the two.

Isabella did not speak for a long time, then opened her mouth with a small sigh.

“Then there’s not much I can do either.”

“…… Isabella.”

“I wanted to keep it as clean and noise-free as possible, but if you come forward like that, I’ll just have to find a way to get a divorce no matter what.”

Isabella remained cold and calm. In the meantime, it seemed to be a determination she had cherished for a long time.

“I tried to endure it because of Aiden.”

“But it seemed I was mistaken.”

Her cold, frozen gaze was directed to Logan.

“It might have been better to divorce and support Aiden.”

That was her determination.

Isabella was determined enough that there was no room to meddle in.

Her heart was not shaken.

As much as she had endured for 20 years, from the moment she spoke up, she seemed to have no intention of looking back.

As if she had no intention of listening to his answer, she simply turned around and went away

Her gait looked light and refreshing.

Logan entered his office in a dangerous atmosphere as if something was about to explode at any moment.

With an expressionless face, he opened his mouth without even looking at his aide.

“Don’t let what happened today leak out of the mansion.”

Logan spoke coldly in a low voice.

“If even the slightest word leaks, do anything to find the source at all cost.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

The Duke’s face was still expressionless.

Things will get complicated when the fact that the Duchess mentioned the divorce leaks out.

Public talk was also a nuisance, but when the elders find out about this, they will come like a swarm of bees.

If that happens, Isabella, Aiden, and even Erin will be impacted by the outside world.

The Duke had no intention of creating such complicated matters.

Because he will make sure to never get a divorce.

‘Even if it was not the case……’

Logan didn’t want his family to be swayed or hurt by external factors.

With Isabella’s words, the mansion was devastated, but she was the only one to remain calm.

Looking out the window, she remembered her life here.

Her mind was strangely calm.

Many things had happened.

I have been living here since I was a child who knew nothing, and I put a lot of effort into it.

Now that I think about it, I wonder why I have to endure and obey all the rules.

Because of that, I couldn’t protect what I really had to protect.

Of course, for Aiden’s sake, she thought that she should keep the position of the Duchess of Leinster.

But after going through Whitney’s deed, she realized that everything she had thought was wrong.

However, she thought that it would be better to get out of here and support Aiden.

Now that she has been a Duchess for a long time, she has the power to exert influence in the capital, even outside the background of being a Duchess.

Her right to speak in the social world, as well as her personal assets, could be a shield for Aiden if a difficult situation arose within the family.

So, she didn’t want to live in this mansion any longer, looking at the same scenery for tomorrow without any expectations or hopes.

A lonely smile appeared on Isabella’s face.

– To Be Continued –