I Shall Break Off Our Engagement For You
[Chapter 41]
Translated by: ME
[Hey, when are you going to leave your husband?]
In a rundown inn on the outskirts of the royal capital, Daphne, who was supposed to be Baroness Goddard, was having a secret rendezvous with her ex-husband.
[Don't be annoying. Just wait a little longer.]
[You'll get a hefty alimony, right? Even though they're both baronial families, the Goddard family is quite wealthy, I hear.]
Daphne's ex-husband, Rex Mogridge was also a baron.
He was a nobleman in name only, a low-ranking official. Moreover, when Daphne who was a barmaid, became pregnant with Maisie, he married her but quit his job soon after.
He said he could manage for a few years because he had inherited the title and house after his father died.
However, the baronial family was already on the verge of ruin, and had virtually no assets. The little they had was quickly used up by Rex, who had become extravagant.
Daphne worked until Maisie was born.
When she could no longer work while holding a baby, quarrels became constant, and before she knew it, Rex had an affair and left.
He was physically weak and not particularly handsome, but for some reason, this man was good at winning over women.
[I was the one who made you, a commoner, a baroness in the first place, you know.]
Rex groped Daphne's body, which had lost much of its appeal, and emphasized, [Don't forget it.]
She knew in her head that she should break up with this scum.
Yet, Daphne couldn't stop meeting Rex.
Bernard Goddard had been swayed by Daphne's sweet talk and married her out of pity, but he never showed her any marital affection.
There was no intimacy at night. Daphne had begged him to allow Maisie to live like a noble's daughter, even if that was the case, so she had no right to complain.
Even so, Daphne, who had always been loose, gradually became dissatisfied.
She was also increasingly dissatisfied that the money from the baronial family, which she had been counting on, was not freely available at all.
One day, she happened to reunite with Rex, and they began to meet secretly, as if swept away by the current.
Rex was the only man who would pay attention to her, now that she was middle-aged. She knew that was part of the reason.
To keep Rex hooked, Daphne repeatedly said, [If we divorce, I'll get alimony.]
However, until recently, Daphne had no intention of getting a divorce at all.
As the wife of a Goddard family, whose business income was doing well, she could live a relatively wealthy life, even if the money she could freely use was limited.
On the other hand, Bernard himself did not have much wealth, so she assumed that she would not receive much alimony even if they divorced.
Maisie's dowry would not be enough to be called an asset either.
It was a lot of money for commoners, but small change in the world of nobles.
It would be gone after buying a few jewels. That's about it. It's not much.
Therefore, it was not a good idea to divorce.
She had always thought so.
However, the situation had changed here recently.
Maisie was going to marry Silas. That changed everything.
She couldn't forget the luxurious lifestyle she had witnessed at the Haymer estate, where she had been invited only once.
The number of servants, said to be over a hundred. Brand new wallpaper and lavish curtains. Silverware with gold trim, the latest fashionable dresses worn by Mrs. Haymer, jeweled rings, hair ornaments, necklaces, peacock fans, everything was gorgeous and dazzling.
The entire mansion seemed to shine.
She imagined how it would be if she could use Maisie's dowry and alimony for herself to successfully infiltrate that house.
A smile appeared on Daphne's aging face.
Rex was a genuine scumbag who often threatened Daphne, saying, [If they find out we're meeting, you won't get any alimony.]
He squeezed money out of Daphne, saying it was a stopgap until the alimony came through.
If she divorced, she wouldn't have to be afraid of such threats.
Besides, Daphne thought.
The Erhardt family had been kind at first, but recently they had become completely cold to Daphne and Maisie.
They didn't invite her to any social events at all.
Daphne missed the glamorous parties, tea parties and banquets at the marquess's house.
She could host them herself, but she didn't know any nobles who were truly noble, and after all, there was too much of a difference in status between a marquess's family and a baronial family.
She thought that if she lived at the Haymer estate, she would surely be able to participate in glamorous social events again.
(It might be more advantageous to get a divorce.)
She remembered when she met Bernard and broke up with Rex.
She mustn't miss the opportunity.
It was important to act quickly. If she did, she would surely succeed.
She would create some story to elicit sympathy...
(That's right. That incident where Maisie was humiliated. I'll use that.)
At the ball celebrating the academy's graduation, Maisie was falsely accused of plagiarism or something and was humiliated.
She was supposed to receive a critique of her poem in front of the king.
She would use that incident to make it seem like she was humiliated and then divorced for that reason.
She could even say that the Erhardt family intervened and ganged up on her.
Because of the breakup between Silas and Felicia, the Haymer family should also have a grudge against the Erhardt family.
She would divorce Rex quickly, before he said anything unnecessary.
Daphne secretly made up her mind.
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