For a while, he heard crashing and cracking sounds and swearing coming from his bedroom, but it suddenly quieted down.
After that, it was quiet until the next morning. Feeling relieved, Hayel opened Winter's bedroom door and was impressed by the smell of cigarette smoke and alcohol pouring out.
"Oh my gosh, I'm crazy."
When Winter's eyes rolled back, the answer was to put everything around him away and avoid him until his anger subsided.
Still, for the first time since Hayel got to know Winter, there was someone who wanted to see him, so Hayel sent Winter to Violet thinking it might be okay for him, but it ended up causing even more trouble.
Normally, this was Winter Blooming, who would have searched around Violet to see if she was having an affair, and would have found evidence that could not be uncovered, pushed it in, and won a lucrative contract. The person who was the best at business was terrible at marriage.
Hayel was disgusted by the acrid taste and ran to open the window and shouted.
'CEO! If you're alive, wake up!"
Winter, who had fallen asleep for a long time, groaned and turned over when Hayel woke him up. Flip, who came in with him, picked up the bottle of alcohol that Winter had been drinking all night. Hayel took a deep breath and said.
"If an average person drank this much alcohol, he or she would be found dead, CEO."
"Shut up."
Winter said in a completely disgusted voice, then got up from the bed and sat back against the headboard.
He poured himself a drink, saying he couldn't sleep and wasn't drunk.
Winter always sold before he lost money and bought what he thought would be a profit. He basically had an eye for recognizing the flow of money. Violet was the result of his investment which failed in every way.
Winter tilted his head back and muttered.
"She even cheats."
It's not that his wife didn't know that he wouldn't be sexually attractive, but the problem was that she didn't seem like a person who would have such dirty hobbies.
Winter's condition was in disarray due to the storm that had come a few days ago and the drunkenness.
Even on the day, he lost all his money, he was able to get things right, but it took several days for him to get over the feeling of betrayal he felt from his mother and wife on the same day.
Hayel nudged Flip to talk to Winter, but Flip held up the bottle as if this was his job and pretended to focus on cleaning the room.
Hayel had no choice but to sigh deeply and say.
"No, there could be many other reasons for pregnancy, so why do you have to single it out and call it an affair?"
"What other reason? It's just one."
As Winter muttered, Hayel quietly answered.
"... A miracle?"
"Are you also shocked when you talk about it?"
While Hayel was rolling his eyes as if he had nothing to say, Flip, who had been silent next to him, suddenly intervened and spoke.
"I'm sorry, but I am on the Little Madam's side. Everyone will agree that Little Madam is not the type of person to have an affair."
"Normally, I would have told him not to confront you, but I didn't feel like it right now. I thought so too."
Before they got married without ever seeing each other, his wife had a man she was talking about getting married to. Moreover, the man's name was also listed on his wife's property documents.
Winter complained, covering his eyes with both hands as the sunlight pouring in through the open window was dazzling.
"Oh, It doesn't taste good."
***
Violet hasn't been able to eat anything other than fruit these days. Moreover, even though the doctor said it was okay, she didn't even take the medicine, saying she didn't want any harm to the child, so she suffered from headaches the whole time.
Jen sat on the chair next to the bed where Violet was sitting and grumbled as she peeled some fruit.
"I know who the Little Madam is meeting as I was next to you all day. Little Master, why does he catch people without even knowing?"
Violet nodded in agreement, but Jen got angry and grumbled.
"If it were me, I would have jumped and passed out."
"I wanted to do that too, but I'm afraid it won't be good for the child."
"If you hold back like that, you'll get sick, Little Lady. Married sisters said that if their husbands don't do it in the early stages of pregnancy, it will remain in their hearts for the rest of their lives. You have to stir-fry it later, by all means."
As Jen was still peeling the fruit, there was a knock on the bedroom door.
"Violet."
It was Catherine's voice.
Jen looked at Violet in confusion and nodded as if she had expected this.
When Jen opened the door, she saw Catherine in a nice dress and James, who was also dressed up for the party. Now, they probably don't have enough money to throw a party at home, so they're probably just going to get invited somewhere.
Catherine said with a heavy expression.
"I heard the story. I heard you're pregnant?"
"Yes."
Looking at their expressions, it didn't seem like they had come to congratulate her. Catherine spoke up as Violet closed her mouth.
"Winter can't have children with you. You heard it too."
"Tha tell me."
"You knew, but you didn't t
that
When Catherine hesitated. James spo
to instead.
"After all, isn't money all that's exchanged between you two? This is a marriage that would have gone ahead even if we didn't know about these Incidental things."
"Three years... Even when people blamed me for not having children, you didn't say anything."
Sadness and anger overwhelmed Violet, but she tried to regain her composure.
There have been many incidents in the past three years that have made her this angry, but she has never felt so betrayed.
If they had told her in advance, she would have accepted it. Because it was an arranged marriage where money was involved. However, it was a completely different story for him to say this only after having a child and to push Violet into an affair.
"Please wait until the child is born. You will know for sure when the child is born..."
While Violet was patiently persuading, the bedroom door opened. Standing beyond the door was Winter, who looked noticeably gaunt even though he had just shaved.
He looked into the room with extremely sunken eyes and spoke in an irritated voice.
"I heard it outside, but you two have no right to say such things to my wife."
"Winter, how can you say that?"
As Catherine approached with a look of regret, Winter, exhausted and leaning against the door, spoke.
"That's right. What have you been doing for three years and then nagging her only after something happened? It's belated. If I gave you that much living expenses, you should have taken care of at least my wife. Instead of me, the only person doing anything productive in this house."
"Son, what kind of rude thing is that?"
When James scolded, Catherine spoke
soothingly.
"Winter was so shocked that he couldn't control his emotions. Don't be too angry."
James kept his mouth shut as if there was nothing he could do because his wife stopped him.
Because Winter believed that others could abandon him at any time, he did not allow his family to own much property. Even a large part of the Blooming family estate was transferred to Winter's ownership, and the remaining assets were rapidly reduced due to the successive business failures of Diev, who had an inferiority complex towards his older brother.
Although they are still much wealthier than the average citizen of Rockround, no ordinary citizen has the level of spending they do.
Therefore, it was a great threat to them for their son, who only knew his parents, to turn his attention to their daughter-in-law.
Winter said with a face that looked like it was going to explode at any moment.
"Please both of you leave."
"Are you okay alone? There's a party at the Landon family today, so why don't we go together?"
"I do not feel like going out and having fun right now."
Winter responded sarcastically to Catherine's words opened the door like a doorman and greeted them as if to tell them to leave.
When the two eventually left the room as if they were being kicked out, Winter motioned for Jen, who was clinging to Violet, to leave as well.
"Jen, go get some rest."
At Violet's words, Jen was about to leave carrying a fruit tray with a worried face when Winter spoke.
"Leave it there."
"Yes."
Jen left the bedroom, not sure what to do.
When they were alone, Violet looked at Winter in silence. After a long moment of silence, Winter placed one knee on the bed and lowered his body. Violet's body, which had been avoiding him, fell on the bed.
Violet's eyes were filled with fear, but her voice was full of strength.
"It's your child."
"..."
"I have nothing more to say. There is no way to prove it."
"Just tell me who it is. I will forgive you."
He was sincere. He could truly forgive Violet as long as it was guaranteed that he would never meet the child's biological father and his wife.
"You don't believe me."
"I have to believe it to believe it."
"If you don't believe me that much... What I said about wanting a divorce is still valid."
She remained calm even though a man with a physique that even curious men would not be Intimidated to face was attacking her.
In Winter's eyes, his wife was full of nobility no matter the situation. Even now he was sure of her denial. He was always tormented by the desire to break his wife and make her collapse into his arms. From the day they first met until today, It was the same.
"Send you away for anyone's benefit."
Winter responded, and unlike his cold eyes, he helped Violet up with a gentle hand.
Maybe it was because he had been doing all kinds of stupid things alone for a few days to let off his temper, but seeing his wife's face made him feel better. He opened his mouth, picking up the fruits and vegetables that Jen had left behind in an attempt to lighten the mood.
"I'll turn down parties on my own, so rest at home. I quit gardening because it was dangerous. If you want to have a book club, invite me to my house."
"It's up to you."
"It's because I couldn't learn."
Winter responded casually ate half of the apple and gave the other half to Violet.
Winter sat down again with his back to Violet and continued talking while chewing on an apple.
"I don't know what kind of bird it is. but if I find it. I'll strangle it right away. If you contact me, tell me to run far away. You look like you're strangling yourself."
Winter's broad shoulders shook with mockery as if Violet's calm words were
absurd. After a while without further conversation, Winter stood up and Violet held his hand.
Violet asked him as he turned around.
"Do you ever have any idea that this could really be your child?"
Violet was desperate. She was treated as a woman with no money, no status, nothing, and even suspected of having an affair, and what little pride she had left was completely crushed. Still, she clung to her husband as if pleading.
She could bear it thinking about her child, but she could not tolerate being suspected that her child was another man's child.
Winter thought about her plea for a moment and then opened his mouth.
"I checked your land ledger. It gives me kickbacks."
"So?"
"What's wrong? The man you were talking to over there is supposed to be the recipient of the rent."
Violet didn't understand at all and was even nervous, so she inadvertently pulled on her husband's arm.
"What on earth do you mean? Tell me in detail."
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