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Illarion was still asleep. The last time he had fallen asleep like this was when he wasn't even ten years old.

He was so deep that he didn't even notice when his 'sleeping partner' had woken up a long time ago and was crying silently.

Soon Amanda got up from the bed and limped to the bathroom. Her core was still sore. Illarion played rough on her last night.

Illarion Black ignored Amanda's sobs and tears last night. It was no different from the first time he did it. But this time, it hurt Amanda because her heart was shattered.

If, in the past, Amanda did it because of an 'obligation' alone, without knowing what her legal husband thought of her. Now she knew she was just a 'substitute slut' in Illarion's eyes.

"Whore."

Another tear fell from Amanda's face. The pale figure with purplish marks all over the naked body looked back from a cracked mirror belonging to the old inn.

Amanda tried to smile, but only a blank stare with a hollow smile stared back at her.

"It's tight, it hurts, it