I Became The Stepmother Of An Irrevocable Dark Family

s right! I can’t stand it anymore! I’d still borrow your name from now on…!”

“I don’t have a reason to pay off your debt! I’m a grown married woman who acquired my husband’s surname! I have no connection with your family anymore.
But you want me to pay off your debt? How ridiculous! I don’t care even if you live like a beggar, I won’t give you a single penny!”

I leaped from my seat and spat out my feelings.

But Leona’s father raised his hand to hit me without a qualm.

And then,

Thud!

“I came in because it was too noisy…but what the hell are you doing now?”

It was the Duke.
He rushed in and twisted my father’s arm without hesitation.

Amid this sudden situation, I glanced at May standing just outside the door.
I think 15 minutes had passed since I entered the parlor, but I didn’t expect the Duke to come in person.

Unlike his usual neat appearance, he was disheveled.

“Ugh, ouch! It hurts! Let go of me!”

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“I thought this was just a normal family reunion….but what the hell is this?”

The Duke’s face was filled with murderous rage.
His expression was so distorted that I wondered if he truly was the Duke.

“Ahh…y-your Excellency! Let me go first and talk! This is a misunderstanding….”

“Misunderstanding? Are you telling me raising your hand against someone is a misunderstanding?”

“P-Please let him go first! We were just talking!”

Mrs.
Selen, who cherished her husband so much, tried to stop the Duke.

“We were just talking.”

“Yeah! We were just talking.
Right, Leona?”

Everyone turned toward me all at once.

“…That’s right.
We were just talking.”

As I spoke, the Duke roughly threw off Mr.
Selen’s hand.
His naturally frail body fell to the floor like a dead leaf.

“Ugh…w-what the hell is this….how can a duke be so mean to a guest? We are Leona’s family! I’m Leona’s father!”

But the Duke only smirked and approached me.

“A family? I guess a family must hit each other in your book?”

“That’s…a misunderstanding.
Leona doesn’t listen so I got a little carried away.
It’s just a little misunderstanding.”

“How amusing.
But since when did uninvited people call themselves guests?”

The Duke crossed his arms.

“E-Even if we don’t have an invitation…because we’re family….”

As if intimidated by the Duke, Leona’s father stammered.

“Hmm…because you’re her family, huh? By the way, didn’t you sell my wife a while back?”

“Even so! We are still a family!”

Leona’s father seemed to gather his courage and screamed.
Meanwhile, my sister who had been watching silently, suddenly started talking.

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“We did sell her, but objectively speaking, you have no standing to be so conceited since you are the one who bought Leona! You made her a duchess in name only.
But it’s strange that you actually take her as a real duchess after so long!”

“Jane! Be quiet!”

Mrs.
Selen tried to contain her daughter in a hurry, but Jane was stubborn.

“Hoo! It’s my first time to witness a woman questioning me like this.
Interestingly enough.”

“So let’s annul this transactional relationship, and bring in your wife fairly.”

“Are you doing this for your sister’s sake? If that’s what you want, then are you willing to return the money you took?”

“No.
I’m telling you to bring in someone other than her as your wife!”

Everyone’s faces froze in the natural response to her proposition.

“Isn’t it better to have a wife who doesn’t have a dirty past like her? I think it’s better than having an uneducated wife.”

Is this what I think it is? Her face got brighter the moment he appeared.

This is really the height of comedy.

The Duke basically told her, ‘You’re the first woman who dares to slap me in the face like this’.
Did she misunderstand his meaning or what?

“Haha.
Why do you think I took Leona as my wife?”

“Because you already spent money on her?”

“It’s because my daughter and I love her more than anyone else.
But what can you offer?”

“I can do that much, too.”

As the atmosphere suddenly changed, the Selen couple smiled brightly.

“Jane! So you were thinking about that!”

“Yeah.
We don’t have to beg Leona.
We have a better daughter!”

“How amusing.
So you want me to take this woman to be my wife now?”

Mr.
and Mrs.
Selen nodded at the same time.

“Actually, Leona is not that great! Your Excellency, on the other hand, our Jane is a child that we raised preciously.
I’m sure you’ll like her!”

“I really detest women with ugly hearts like you!”