The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 56

Chapter 56

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Life in Calstera was very smooth. When she opened her eyes in the morning, the sound of the waves outside the window gently tickled her ears, and a cool breeze blew through the balcony door that Cárcel had opened—a peaceful world.

When she lay still and watched the white canopy swaying in the breeze, she felt good no matter what. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] Everything was slow and easygoing, and she felt like letting things be.

Time flowed like gentle water. And she spent many days drifting along with the enchanted flow of time.

Nothing really came to mind. It was annoying that Cárcel had a roll call every morning, but it soon became too much of a bother to even feel awkward about it. He must have been that kind of person to begin with… He would quietly offer his body, and when she looked at the clock and kicked him out, he would obediently get kicked out.

When Cárcel was kicked out of the bedroom and went to wash his body, Ines would stay in bed a little more lazily. And when Cárcel came out neatly dressed in his uniform, she would then get dressed in a simple robe and eat breakfast with him.

Calstera’s meals were much simpler than Mendoza’s, but the chef’s skills were so good that they were enjoyable.

The fact that the chef was a much older grandmother than the housekeeper Arondra sometimes made her feel uncomfortable when she brought food with the butler, her back bent…

Aside from those moments when she felt a strange sense of guilt just sitting still and being served by the hired help, the mornings were great. The food was delicious, and delicious food made her forget about many things. Besides, since Cárcel cut and ate a steak dripping with blood from morning like her father, once her nerves were preoccupied with a little indigestion, she quickly forgot about the old woman’s service that involuntarily worried the master.

After eating such a simple but satisfying breakfast, she would roughly pretend to see Cárcel off as he headed to the headquarters, and from then on, it was her time alone.

The mornings at the Calstera Residence were always peaceful, and the Calstera sun rose earlier than the Mendoza sun—since her husband got up at dawn and disappeared early in the morning, the day was indescribably long.

Cárcel didn’t sleep much in the morning, more than he looked. In one way, it was soldier-like, and in another way….

‘……Loyal?’

It was a new but still unfamiliar feeling.

Even in Mendoza, she had often seen Cárcel in his officer’s uniform, but it had gradually seemed like well-packaged, delicious food.

For example, it was like how she didn’t really like it, but she felt like she was watching something that other people were crazy about… Judging from the way women flocked to him like moths to a flame, it wasn’t a bad analogy.

Whether it was the white uniform or the navy uniform that he wore depending on the place, it was just the color of the wrapping paper that was different. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] Since food was just food. Aside from the Cárcel she had known since childhood, when she saw him shining alone among people, she was usually left with only those kinds of feelings.

Even though it was no different from the appearance she had seen countless times in Mendoza, Cárcel in Calstera just looked like a proper officer.

His facial features were so handsome that even when he kept his mouth shut, he looked ascetic, and when he looked somewhere without expression, he looked strict. As if he had become someone tougher than her.

Although his expression was not very varied in the first place, he was definitely a soldier in his place of duty. Even after returning home and taking off his uniform.

Ines was gradually beginning to be surprised that there was nothing pitiful about him, except for his promiscuous relationships with women.

Especially his diligence. His refreshing and clean face in the morning…

She had also heard from Arondra that when she was absent, he often skipped breakfast and headed to the training ground much earlier.

Unlike her, whose habit of sleeping a lot in the morning she wouldn’t be able to fix even if she lived her life twice again…

‘Well, he is sincere.’

Ines, who had been resting her chin on the balcony railing and gazing at the distant sea, grudgingly admitted it to herself.

After all, people are inherently multifaceted. Even a man who had been so averse to things related to responsibility, such as his family’s title or marriage, was able to live diligently with a different sense of responsibility every day.

Surprisingly….

‘I thought he was only reluctantly serving because he didn’t plan on returning to duty once his vacation in Mendoza was over…….’

It was clear that he had entered the military academy to get as far away from marriage as possible, and that he had volunteered to be assigned to the departing fleet to escape even further—but it seemed that his aptitude was well-suited to it.

Looking back, even in his previous life, he was a member of the Imperial Navy.

At that time, Ines had really thought, ‘Did he only join so he could wear a uniform?’ How could he be so foolish when he knew so well how to present himself?

He would have refused the title that his father left to him, and there wouldn’t have been anything else for him to do….

‘Yesterday he met with who, and five days ago he met with who, and ten days ago he met with who…….’ Even though Oscar was the point of contact, he had never been properly acquainted with Ines, so he was just someone whose name was familiar because of how often she had heard rumors about him. It must have been the same for everyone in Mendoza.

‘Perhaps even then, here he would still have lived as diligently as that.’

One way or another, it was clear that this was his aptitude. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] She had also come to the conclusion that she didn’t need to feel sorry for making him escape here a little faster… In any case, thanks to Cárcel’s aptitude, her days had been pretty good.

One way or another, it is clear that it is an aptitude for it. She also concluded that there was no need for her to feel sorry for making her run away faster... In any case, it was a pretty good day thanks to Cárcel’s aptitude.

Unexpectedly diligent and faithful to his job, Inés’s husband leaves early in the morning—and even after his duty at headquarters finishes, he only comes back late in the evening after individual training, and after eating dinner together with a few words exchanged on everyday and trivial topics, a peaceful night comes without incident.

Her night is spent reading the Bible from the bookshelf, while his is spent enjoying a cigar and a glass or two of wine on this balcony.

Inés detached her body from the balcony railing and looked at the place where Cárcel often sat. It was as if she was looking directly at him instead of just his back.

A face with a languid expression, a cigar in his mouth, and blue eyes looking at the night sea... Even without seeing it in person, Inés admitted for a moment that it would be a picturesque sight. That was because his face was truly handsome.

Although he didn't show any particular signs of fatigue, he was generally calm at the end of the day.

One example of this was that there was a topic of discussion as soon as he opened his eyes in the morning, but no flirting even for a moment in the evening.

Other than when they were eating together, they didn't talk much.

He would go to bed and fall asleep immediately, as if his training had purged him of all desire…. Thanks to Cárcel's bland behavior, they had not had a relationship since the first night.

‘……That's why it's possible to have no thoughts.’

Yes, this place was too perfect and comfortable.

Even when she faced the fact that ‘there are no thoughts in my head right now’, no thoughts really came to Inés’s mind. She didn't even feel the need to try to make up for the lack of thought.

Every day was like that lazy morning, as if she had woken up in the morning and lazed around in her big bed for a while.

At night, she slept without dreaming. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] In the morning, she was served a hearty southwestern breakfast that was perfect for putting on weight, and in the library she would read a few pages of a book and then take a nap, and then she would sit in the garden and lazily sunbathe and take another nap, and then she would stare blankly at the sea and doze off... She was stuck in the house all day long, so it wasn't much different from her daily routine at Valztena's house.

Except for the parts where she had gained more weight and become lazier.

So, in the end, only the quality of her life that she felt had lazily improved. Whether it was because she had finally gotten away from the Valztena household as she had wished, or because of the warm and cozy atmosphere of this house, or because of the sound of the waves, there was no way to know.

Since she had no particular thoughts, she didn't want to know the reason. Whatever it was, it was lazy and satisfying... That's what Inés thought vaguely as she turned her body.

At that moment, Arondra entered the balcony with a small tray full of snacks.

“Oh, thank you.”

“You're welcome. I brought you a snack because it's past lunchtime and you didn't say anything about wanting to eat... I was worried that you were skipping meals again, so I brought you something simple.”

“I guess I ate so much breakfast that I got full. I didn't realize how much time had passed because I wasn't feeling very hungry….”

Inés sat down with a happy expression and prepared to eat. Most of the satisfaction she felt in this house came from laziness and fullness.

There were few people to watch her, and the house was small so there was nowhere to go, so she could just sleep all day with her full belly.

“I can't help but eat when Arondra takes such good care of me.”

“How can you skip meals when you're in the prime of your life, Señorita?”

“When you say it like that, I feel like a little boy.”

“Those guys grow up on their own even if you don't feed them properly. It's the newly married women who need to eat well.”

A subtle smile that said ‘I don't need to tell you why’ gazed at Inés disapprovingly.

Inés flicked away that gaze with a face that said she didn't understand what she meant, and slowly chewed on a cookie. [ʏᴜʟʜᴇʏᴜɴ] Arondra watched the sight with a satisfied expression, but then suddenly called out to her with a cautious face.

“But Señorita.”

“Yes.”

“Is it okay to keep staying in the house like this?”

“Sorry?”

“Aren't you bored?”

“Not really….”

“I was wondering when the coachman would be able to show you around down there.”

“Oh, you can tell him that's fine.”

“Are you planning to invite the other ladies? The chef asked me to ask you.”

“Yolanda is already busy enough preparing our meals.”

Adsense Bazı politika Arondra's mouth fell open for a moment as if she were speechless at Inés's flawless answer.