I’m Trying to End This Possession - Chapter 135
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Chapter 135
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Alice hurriedly ran to Sandra’s bedroom.
“Mother!”
She quickly grabbed the door handle and turned it, but click—it was locked and wouldn’t open.
Why would Mother lock the door? Alice tilted her head curiously and knocked.
“Mother? Are you not inside?”
Strange. The maid said Mother was resting in her bedroom right now…
That’s when it happened. The door opened with a creak, and a man walked out.
“Ah.”
It was a man she knew. This man who appeared to be around her age was the bodyguard Mother had assigned in Windsor Territory…
“Yoris?”
“Good day, Miss.”
Yoris bowed his waist respectfully in greeting.
“Lady Sandra is inside.”
“Ah, yes.”
What’s this about?
Alice entered the room with an uncomfortable expression. There, Mother was organizing the bedding with a flushed face.
“Alice, you’re here?”
“What were you doing?”
“I was moving furniture. The door must have gotten locked by mistake.”
I see.
Alice immediately accepted the explanation. In fact, she didn’t have time to think about anything else.
“Mother. You know what I just heard outside?”
She wanted to tell her this quickly.
Alice poured out the story of eavesdropping on Dana and her secretary’s conversation, and the story that Lyos would soon proceed with the wedding.
“What do you think would be best?”
“What to do, indeed.”
Sandra’s face took on a determined expression after hearing the story.
“We must consummate the marriage by any means before the divine trial takes place.”
“I know that too. But His Highness has such exceptional self-control…”
Alice pouted her lips.
She had tried sleeping in the same bed and subtly clinging to him, and sometimes even made bold contact.
But Lyos always acted like a block of wood.
“Don’t worry, Alice. This mother will help you.”
As expected, she believed Mother would actively step forward to help.
‘My mother really is the best!’
Mother was someone who would do anything for her.
Mother cherished her so much that she even valued her far more preciously than Lumiere. It had always been that way since childhood.
“Mother will find a solution, so go back and wait, Alice.”
“Yes, Mother!”
With Mother’s bold promise, Alice returned with peace of mind.
After her daughter left, Sandra sighed and sank into the sofa backrest.
‘That was close.’
She almost got caught in her relationship with Yoris.
It was fortunate that innocent Alice passed it over without much suspicion.
‘If she found out, she would surely despise me.’
At that thought, her lips twisted.
Yes. She would naturally criticize and despise her. That would be the normal reaction.
But her husband was not.
Right after being caught having an affair on the Diana, Karl’s attitude was excessively nonchalant.
‘But he must have been angry inside.’
Maybe he was so angry that he couldn’t express his anger. Or perhaps he was sorting out his feelings.
That’s why Sandra had been avoiding Karl since then.
She was terrified that he might suggest they separate.
‘I can’t keep avoiding him forever.’
She should take this opportunity to discuss Alice’s matter and talk with Karl.
Sandra straightened her clothes and immediately went to find Karl.
“Sandra?”
At his bedroom where she arrived. Karl was coming out carrying a travel bag.
Sandra asked.
“Karl, where are you going?”
“Yes. I need to go to Kaltusa Territory.”
Kaltusa Territory?
Ah, come to think of it, Karl had been putting all his effort into the Kaltusa Territory development project recently.
Since it was a project where he had invested enormous funds on top of pouring in all his assets, Karl looked quite serious.
“There seems to be a problem at Retilan Mine. I need to check it with my own eyes.”
“I see.”
“Yes. I’ll be back, so take care of yourself.”
“…”
That’s it?
That’s all?
No matter how she looked, Karl’s face was as clear and clean as usual.
Since there wasn’t even a speck of anger or jealousy visible, Sandra finally couldn’t hold back and spoke sarcastically.
“You’re going to leave me like this? You don’t seem to have any worries at all?”
“What are you talking about?”
At his bewildered face, Sandra finally exploded.
“Are you asking because you don’t know? Have you forgotten all your memories from the Diana?”
“Ah.”
Karl, who finally realized what she was talking about, let out a short exclamation. Then he carefully added.
“Are you asking if I’m not worried that you might have another affair with another man?”
“…”
For a moment, her head spun. She didn’t expect him to say it so directly…
“You just came from doing that now, didn’t you?”
“…What?”
“I can smell a man’s bodily fluids on you.”
“…”
“My sense of smell is sensitive, so I can’t help but know even if I don’t want to.”
Karl smiled awkwardly and scratched his cheek.
“So I also know that you’ve been with other men several times before that servant.”
Sandra’s face turned bright red. Her fingertips trembled and her lips convulsed.
He knew about all her affairs?
Not just this time, but all the times before when she secretly did such things with other men behind Karl’s back?
“I, I did it because I was anxious.”
Desperately, she clung to Karl’s arm and made excuses.
“Don’t misunderstand. The only one I love is you, Karl! It’s just that you’re too good for me, too beautiful, and that makes me anxious—”
“I’m not blaming you.”
Karl smiled and took her hands, removing them from his arm.
“It’s fine, so take a lover.”
“What… did you say?”
“Feel free to take a lover, Sandra. You don’t need to worry about what I think.”
“…”
Sandra stared at him blankly.
She couldn’t believe it.
What did I just hear?
How could he say such a thing?
“Karl. Do you… think of me as your wife?”
“Of course I do.”
“Then how can you say such things?”
“I’m saying it because I want your happiness. We’re husband and wife, we’re on the same side. If taking a lover makes you happy, then I’m happy too.”
Sandra trembled with a lightning-like realization. It was a truth she could no longer pretend not to know.
Karl Windsor did not love her.
Perhaps he had never loved her, not even for a single moment.
“Same side, same side! Don’t say such ridiculous things!”
Sandra’s eyes rolled back. A storm-like rage swept through her, blowing away her reason.
“Understanding and forgiving makes us husband and wife? No, in moments like this, you should be angry and jealous to be husband and wife! You, if you really mean that—!”
If you really mean that!
Then you can understand that Alice isn’t your daughter either?!
She was about to shout that when her mind snapped back and she bit her lips.
No, she couldn’t. She absolutely could not say that!
“I should get going now. The carriage is waiting.”
The moment Karl brushed past her, Sandra grabbed his shoulder firmly.
“You!”
Her voice trembled.
“That scarf you’re wearing now. Isn’t that Danae’s?”
“Hm?”
“That’s Danae’s scarf. I remember seeing her wear it.”
“Ah, no. The color is different.”
Karl smiled gently and answered readily.
“Dana’s is gray, and mine is black. We bought them when we went out together before.”
“…”
“Why do you ask?”
When she didn’t answer, Karl sighed as if feeling sorry and patted Sandra’s shoulder.
“Sandra, you seem tired. You must be suffering from travel fatigue, so get some rest.”
Then he passed by.
The moment the door closed, Sandra collapsed to the floor. Fragment-like pain pierced her heart, making it impossible to breathe.
This couldn’t be happening.
This wasn’t how it was supposed to be.
“I’ll make her die young.”
“Wait for me until I become the first in line to inherit Danae’s fortune, Sandra.”
She had believed those words and waited and endured.
‘Yes, because it was the first time you said you wanted something.’
So she had endured and endured and endured.
Even when Karl whipped Alice to please Danae.
Even when Karl brought all kinds of precious jewelry and dresses to offer to Danae to look good to her.
Even when Danae threatened her, babbling about knowing Alice’s real father.
She had wanted to tear her apart and kill her, but in the end she had endured it all, she had done it for him, but how could he…
‘You’re not supposed to be like this.’
Sandra wiped away her tears. In her eyes, now cleared of moisture, a flame-like resentment burned.
Ironically, it was intense desire for revenge that lit the fuse.
The thing Karl so desperately craved.
Danae’s fortune.
If she made it so he could never have it, that person would hurt a little like she did.
Sandra got up and calmly returned to her bedroom. Then she rang the bell to summon her lover.
“Did you call for me, my lady?”
Sandra leaned back against the sofa and lifted her skirt.
“Undress me.”
“Yes, my lady.”
Watching Yoris respectfully pull down her stockings, Sandra fell into thought.
It was merely contemplation about procedure, not hesitation.
Now her heart was ready to taste blood like a blade.
Finally finishing her contemplation, Sandra gave her command.
“Yoris. There’s something you need to do.”
“What would that be?”
“Tonight you’ll need to escort me. There’s a place I need to visit very secretly, so prepare yourself.”
Suddenly she thought of Juan Rolland, her foolish younger brother.
Her brother who had indulged in all kinds of debauchery, lost in alcohol and gambling.
My poor brother who was murdered by someone.
‘When that child was alive, he tried to feed Danae something like an aphrodisiac.’
According to Karl, who investigated the matter later, Juan had dealt with a Savage Tribe Shaman—a Devil Worshipper.
‘I had tried never to associate with those filthy Devil Worshippers again.’
It wasn’t only Juan who knew that Savage Tribe Shaman.
Sandra knew her too.
Better than Juan.
Much better…
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