A bankrupt aristocratic family that only has a name on a paper residency document. Suddenly surprised by the arrival of a letter of application from the capital city. An application that came from a large, highly respected family. From the start it seemed strange but in the end they could no longer avoid it, with great compulsion the only daughter of the family had to go along with the envoy sent to pick her up for her future husband's castle. The proposal that was initially thought to be a blessing turned out to be a disaster, a family that, even though they live in poverty, enjoys everything with a smile. When they know the fate of the girl who was picked up for marriage ends in misfortune. A family that has always enjoyed life is torn apart by the pseudo-happiness of a suspicious proposal. Hello to the readers, if you really like this story please click L*O*V*E, like, give me five star, and to add this story to your heirloom list, don't forget to give me more gem. I have one more story A GIRL FOR THE BEASTS come and see it maybe you will like it. Thankyou
View MoreAtthy's body trembled, hearing sentence after sentence that Hugh continued to humble himself. She wasn't not angry, but her brain could still warn her not to get carried away by her emotions for the sake of her family. She couldn't help but widen her eyes at Hugh. A duke who had been in the status of her husband for three months. Hugh's sharp words stabbed deep into Atthy's heart. Shock, astonishment, confusion, and anger all mixed together woke Atthy up from her sweet dream last night.
The first night Atthy and her husband, Duke Drustan, began with a tragedy and was not at all romantic. However, Atthy is a woman and a wife. Hoping that it was all just because of the influence of liquor and Hugh's unstable emotions and because of his anger, Atthy herself didn't know what caused it. However, what she heard just now, made her shudder. Her husband insulted her, right after they spent the night together for the first time after a three-month marriage. Unsheathing her heart, it turns out, for Hugh, Atthy, is no better than the many sluts who have spent the night with her husband so far.
''Are you satisfied now that you've slept with me?'' asked Hugh, showing his arrogance.
The large luxurious room with exclusive items looked bleak to Atthy, the temperature was almost freezing and nothing outside was no colder than her husband's words. A red-haired woman with dark skin, looking shabby with a messy appearance. Her naked body looked bruised here and there, wrapped only in a sheet of blanket, which was just wrapped around her body carelessly. She, who endured pain almost all over her body, apparently also had to endure the screams stuck in her throat. She sat withered on the bed with a broken heart, shattered.
''You think by sleeping with me, you can control me. Woman... I am Duke Drustan, a woman like you is nothing special. I could easily find a woman like you on the street'' Again, Hugh arrogantly dropped Atthy without blinking.
Hugh's words continued to attack Atthy's pride as a woman and also a wife, and how hurt Atthy felt at that time. The man who had been her husband for three months but never once glanced at Atthy let alone touched her. However, Hugh easily insulted Atthy, especially right after Hugh released Atthy's virginity seal.
''Why are you telling me all that?... Are those words that a husband should throw at his wife on her first night?!'' Atthy exclaimed angrily, her voice trembling. He couldn't stand just continuing to silently accept all of Hugh's insults.
"Because I want to make your position clear, I don't want you to be too proud of your fake position."
''Which position?'' Atthy asked in a rising voice, unable to control her emotions anymore.
"Should I also explain that to you?"
''Yes!'' shouted Atthy firmly and with sharp eyes she challenged Hugh.
“Your position as a Duchess, which means my wife, I want you to realize, that there's nothing you can take advantage of at all. Like your peerage, your title as Duchess is only on paper… You are nothing more than a lowly noble taking advantage of the opportunities presented by those idiots who took advantage of you. Your father is just a man who wants wealth until he has to sell his daughter'' Hugh firmly clarified what he said earlier.
“Duke Hugh Ethan Drustan... You should know!... My father never sold me, and secondly... Property, position, neither I nor my family need any of that. Not even once, we will sell our pride just for the sake of a piece of treasure like what you are proud of'' shouted Atthy bravely answering Hugh even though his face was holding back the tears that kept trying to come out of his eyelids.
''Athaleyah Romanov, your explanation is inversely proportional to what I saw and heard. But, I'm giving you a chance... If it's like what you told me just now, you're free to leave me. There's no need to use the King as an excuse, with the power that I have, I assure you, that you won't get into trouble... Whenever you want, I will never get in your way'' Hugh challenged Atthy.
Hugh deliberately gave Atthy a choice. He was very sure that Atthy was just an act hard to get. Atthy doesn't have the courage to leave him. That was what he thought at the time, though now Hugh was starting to waver in his faith. Hugh believes that what his little wife is showing right now is not a drama at all. Hugh's little heart was very sure that his little wife was hurt by all his words. But logic shrouded Hugh's heart as it sank between all the files and reports he got about his wife.
''I'll go, but you have to promise me!'' said Atthy firmly.
Atthy made up her mind not to hope anymore, it was time for her to go. She felt what she did to make her husband look at her was in vain. Atthy knew there had been something odd about Hugh's attitude towards her, but Atthy's anger at Hugh's words made her unable to bear it any longer.
''I thought you wouldn't just walk away. Which mine do you want, my gold mine or my diamond mine? You want it to, don't you?! As divorce compensation…”
''I don't need it!'' Atthy shouted back, causing Hugh to shudder in his heart that his little wife dared to answer even when he hadn't finished his sentence.
''Hah! You're a hypocrite…” Hugh said with his usual cold expression.
"Whatever!... I don't care what you think, one thing I ask... I know you hate me, that's why I promise you. I won't appear in front of you after this ...'' Atthy replied again, not waiting for Hugh's mouth to close.
"Then... There's no way you can just walk away without any gain for you"
“There is... Peace and happiness in my family. Don't bother them, don't touch them, don't bother them, let them live their life as usual! That's my only request...''
“You're testing me?!… I can give you more than your family has. I'm not going to be poor just because of that''
"That's not necessary, I know very well who and how my family is. Accepts your gift... It will destroy my family even more"
''Athaleyah Romanov... What's on your mind?''
"My thoughts don't matter to you, do they?!"
"You're right, I don't care what you think, but I do care about the consequences of your actions."
"What could happen from the actions of a poor noble's granddaughter like me... How will that affect you?"
"I'll be honest with you, the support of stupid princes and kings who gave the official seal of my marriage to you is only because of pressure from the petty political elite. It bothers me quite a bit... Do you know why? Since my father complained about it... I was waiting for you to be honest with me, but it seems you can't appreciate my kindness, and instead set me up like this...''
''I don't understand anymore... Let's just say I'm just a fool from the village. Now, it's up to you. Give me the divorce papers, I'll sign it... And I'll soon be out of your sight, gone forever'' Said Atthy, who was tired of arguing with her husband. He wanted to put an end to all this tiring thing.
“Alwyn will send it to you right away. I want to see how far you bluff'' said Hugh, his expression cold with his piercing eyes glaring at Atthy.
Hugh just walked away leaving Atthy, after he had finished putting on his clothes, leaving Atthy so angry that tears wouldn't even fall from her eyes.
**
Several years ago, the King fell ill, putting the Kingdom in a state of turmoil, with the influence of Prince Rowan, second only to the Crown Prince, who was the most powerful in the Kingdom. Duke Peschkov, managed to instigate him and convince him to get Drustan to marry one of the children of the nobility in his realm, which Duke Peschkov would easily control, Baron Romanov. Duke Peschkov, knew that Count Veraga's bad leadership could make Duke Peschkov easily control Baron Romanov, who from the start had ambitions to overthrow Count Veraga. Many aristocrats and merchants in Nauruan were tired of the leadership of Count Veraga, who only knew how to collect high taxes and easily spend the budget without caring about the people under his jurisdiction. ** That morning, a woman who was quite old, stocky, with a very firm expression on her face came to Atthy with several maids with her. "Good morning, Your Highness Duchess... I am the head maid of this castle, my name is Helena Whitmo
Atthy looked at Hugh with sharp eyes, even though she was surprised, but her instincts, which were used to danger when she was hunting, made Atthy alert to study the situation. She swallowed hard before finally nodding to answer his question. Her throat felt dry, and she wanted to drink, but she didn't dare to move to see the god of death staring at her since she had slept earlier. Hugh stared straight into Atthy's eyes in silence, moments later he got up and poured a glass of water, gave it to Atthy, then just walked out of the room where Atthy was sleeping. Atthy was amazed and silent, she felt strange about the behavior of the big man who had just left her. ''What the hell is he?'' ''Why is he like that?'' ''What does he want?'' “The God of Death's aura and massive body suit him very well. Luckily, he has such a handsome face, otherwise, a pregnant woman could give birth prematurely. Seeing his ferocious looks, how could Alwyn and Randy work with him?” ''Tsk-ck-ck... Poor the
Alwyn immediately greeted the tall and dashing man in front of him, he also immediately acted ready like an aide in front of his Master. "Forgive my negligence, my lord, I was careless and didn't take everything into account," said Alwyn, immediately trying to explain to his master. ''Get out!... Get the carriage ready!'' shouted the big man, as if he didn't care about Alwyn. ''Yes my lord'' replied Alwyn, then immediately left Atthy and the man alone in the room. Alwyn was worried about Atthy's condition, but what could it be for him to only sympathize and not empathize. Atthy is now with her future husband. As someone who only works, he must not act outside the provisions of his Master. ''Are you sick?'' the big man asked coldly. Atthy had been researching everything. His appearance was magnificent even though it was very simple. Atthy could tell all the attributes attached to his body were not a single cheap thing, the way Alwyn respected and called the big man. There was no m
Randy was silent hearing his best friend's strange complaint. He didn't expect that Alwyn, who always wore a calm mask like he didn't care about anything since he was at the academy, was now frustrated with the young lady who would be his master's wife.''You may be right, all this time we see a lady who is always spoiled, making us grumble and feel annoyed. Now we're getting even dizzier dealing with a lady who can do everything herself... During those three weeks, I can see, the three maids were just relaxing, doing nothing. I think, without them, Lady Romanov wouldn't have any trouble.. .'' Randy said, giving his opinion.''Eum!... Talking about them, I saw that the maid and the master were out of sync'' said Alwyn. He immediately sat straight up from his initial position while leaning his head.''Is that so?!... It seems... Maybe that's what I've been feeling all along?!'' cried Randy, he was also wondering about what he was feeling.''Randy... I feel strange about your answer jus
Rossa's nervousness sparked Alwyn's curiosity. He felt he could get something from the maids that Atthy brought a little more."Sir... There's no problem, we're just not used to young miss behavior... Eum... I mean Lady" said Stela in response to Alwyn, although looking worried, as a senior servant she was able to handle it."Tch!... I made a mistake, I should have called them one by one," Alwyn grumbled in his heart."You may go... Remember! You must tell me immediately if there is something that makes your Lady feel uncomfortable!'' cried Alwyn, ending the conversation.Alwyn knew by looking at their behavior, he wouldn't be able to get the information he wanted. Alwyn gave up his intention to interrogate them further. Stela's actions just now were enough to tell Alwyn that he wouldn't be able to get anything from them now."Yes sir, we will remember it..." they replied and immediately left Alwyn's room."Huft..." Alwyn grunted harshly after the three maids left the room, "Damn, I w
A few hours later, as Alwyn had said, they had arrived at the station and immediately entered the special carriage provided for them. Atthy was stunned to see the steam train in front of her. This was the first time in her life she had seen a steam train with her own eyes. So far she only knew about steam trains from the stories of her father or grandfather.Atthy could not hide her surprise and admiration for the Iron Snake that proudly stood before her matched by its jet-black color. Seeing Atthy's behavior, Alwyn and Randy again showed the same expression as when they met Atthy earlier. So did the guards. Even so, they still tried to be polite and not show their surprise too obviously, and still respected the lady who was almost trivial before them now.''Lady... Please'' said Alwyn, welcoming from inside the carriage specially provided for Atthy''Ah!... Alright, thank you...'' said Atthy in response while welcoming a helping hand from Randy. She was a little surprised because she
Ashton and Rowtag finally gave in. Atthy had made up her mind. Atthy wasn't the type of girl who could talk and be feminine, but Atthy had received a good education from her mother, Laura, as well as her father, Ashton, over the years. Atthy lived and was raised as a commoner girl all this time, but the knowledge that Atthy had to become a noble was very qualified. She had that quality, and Ashton understood it very well.Because of that, Ashton almost always felt guilty seeing Atthy, especially when Laura's mother was still around. He paid attention to how Laura trained and educated her to be able to live as a lady, because at that time, Laura believed that one-day Atthy would be able to live a better life, as a noble.If Ashton can enjoy life as a noble because his father, who is a commoner, received a gift from the King, it is different from Laura, his wife, who from the beginning was born of noble descent from generation to generation. Laura was against her family living with Asht
Finally, the day that Rowtag's family feared arrived, even ten days earlier than their expected arrival, making Rowtag and his family even more convinced that there was a plot planned from this marriage proposal. It was just that Rowtag couldn't understand what they could get out of the Rowtag family by doing all this, it just didn't make any sense.The bride's envoy had arrived in a horse-drawn carriage and several knights on horseback came that morning to Rowtag's residence. A man in the neatest and classiest suit in the group dismounted and immediately greeted Rowtag and Ashton.''Good morning Baron Romanov, I'm Billy Kutcher, envoy of my lord Grand Duke Drustan... We will take your daughter to the Alpen now'' greeted the head of the envoy who was present at that time.The head of the envoy who came did say hello to Rowtag and Ashton first, but the arrogance was clear from the look in his eyes and the way he spoke. Ashton already didn't like the first greeting given by the head of
**When Ashton and Aydan head downtown to do business and send a reply letter to Edna's proposal, there are too many scary rumors about the Grand Duke Drustan, who is known as cruel and cold-hearted. Because of that, he was able to conquer the Alps and become the ruler there.Aydan immediately rebelled against his father, Ashton, on the spot when he heard that his future brother-in-law was a cruel person when they were looking for information about The Grand Duke Drustan in downtown Nauruan a month ago."Father, I don't care about the position he has, even though he was a Grand Duke, I don't want my sister to be the wife of a selfish human who only cares about himself like that... Father, please refuse the proposal," Aydan said firmly and loudly to his father.''I understand your concern, Aydan. Before becoming your sister, she was my daughter in the first place. Do you think I want to have a son-in-law who is the same age as your grandfather, not to mention his authoritarian attitude
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