Forced Marriage: Thirteenth Wife

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Roxanne squinted her eyes at Arkas. Not that he's facing Arkas saying let's continue to be deceived, but why did he tell Roxanne to stop?

If Dwi—no, his name is Eris, right? If that Eris keeps going and deceives Roxanne constantly, Roxanne could have told her everything about Sanya. The Graean killer and the culprit responsible will destroy Elios Castle.

"Isn't it in your favor if it continues? You're gonna insult Elios."

Arkas raking plain pretentious. "Roxanne, do I look like a man obsessed with revenge?"

Yeah, very. Very, very much considering how often he beat and punished Elios.

"Okay, maybe I'm obsessed with my hatred for Elios." Arkas sighed. "But, regarding Eris, it's not profitable at all."

"You mean?"

"I don't know what he's thinking, but if he's really interested in you as the opposite sex and you retaliate, it won't end peacefully. You belong to Elios."

Roxanne's quiet.

"I know Eris is so much softer than Elios, but I hope you remember that we'd better 'love what we have to love than what we want to love'."

Roxanne grunts. He spoke as if Roxanne and Eris were already so deep into the stage of true love. Not particularly. It was mostly just lust and greed.

"I've chosen Elios from the beginning, so there's no need to tell me anymore."

Arkas smiles. "Totally so."

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Daniel and Zack observe from outside the cell how Elios' breathing looks abnormal.

"It's bad" Daniel murmured softly so Elios wouldn't hear it. "I think he's lost control again."

"Well, it hasn't been good since Eris came. I don't know what they're talking about."

If it had been like this, it was likely that Elios was going berserk. His last tantrum occurred at the beginning of Roxanne's arrival and the cause is almost never certain.

Sometimes it comes suddenly, sometimes because he is too angry, sometimes because of nightmares, sometimes even after he takes a nap. But certainly if it's raging, the exact time when it's finished they all don't know.

"Eri." And of course, that name never escaped Elios' lips. "Eri."

The voice of Elios calling the real man was not because he was hallucinating. She common sense knows Eirene does not exist but she rejects her and forces Eirene to exist.

"I'm here." Elios began to mutter. "I'm right here. I'm always here. Eri."

Zack looked at Daniel. "It's good to have Arkas give Elios a sedative."

"You think Arkas wants to? He could at least get revenge by letting Elios be like this."

The cause of Elios often rages badly because when the symptoms appear, Arkas does not allow treatment but actually shuts Elios down.

That man, when dealing with Elios, his conscience and wise soul are lost.

Daniel took a breath. Approaching Elios' cell door and looking carefully at his master and little friend.

"Well, Elios." Daniel called him. "Do you think Eirene would be happy to know your condition now?"

But he had not heard, was busy searching for the shadow of his beloved.

Meanwhile, on the other side where Eris is.

"For so long do not meet, Mother," whispered Eris as she felt her presence.

Eris did not need to look to recognize the fragrance of her own mother's fragrance. The man gave a small smile as a soft hand grabbed his hair, taking over the activities of Eris braiding his long hair.

That delicate and affectionate caress made him calm down. Even though Eris was a thirty-year-old man, she was not ashamed to lay her head against her mother, asking for more affection.

"Have you eaten?" tanyanya attention. Even if you know for sure Madame Medea's food is arranged very well by the waiter.

"Not yet" the woman replied in the crown of Eris. "Mother has no appetite lately."

"Mom thought too much about Elios. The boy can take care of himself."

"The child who can take care of himself will at least stop mentioning Eirene's name."

Eris pursed her lips. He wanted to be quiet because he did not want to hear further sad stories, then heard his mother cry. But ....

"The boy gave his life to Eirene" Eris said. "Of course he didn't really feel alive after Eirene left."

The crack on Eris' body felt trembling. He knows what his mother wants to say.

"Mother's son is just the three of you" she said.

Eris clenched her hands silently.

"But you threw away your eyes for Arkas, Irene left Mother, and Elios lost himself with Eirene."

The cry that Eris hated in the end appeared again. Her mother's embrace shook and her little hands were about to break hugging Eris with that sadness.

"Eris." Mom sobbing. "Can't the two of you think about Mother just a little?"

Eris's frown furrowed feeling the linu on her chest. Maybe the word is true. Maybe Eris never really thought about her mother's feelings.

After all, Elios and Eirene were just selfish children who always troubled their mother.

"Don't cry, Mother." Eris touched Medea's face and wiped away her tears. "I won't disappoint you again."

That sentence ... might as well be just a lie. And I know that very well.

His arrival is a sign that he wants Eris to stop harassing Elios' wife and make Elios crazy, but Eris will still do so at Eris's own will.

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