# WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #18: Chapter 17 ## Series - title: The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway - slug: the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc ## Chapter - number: 18 - chapter_key: 18-d7crns - title: Chapter 17 - release_date: 2026-11-11 ### Summary In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Inés and Cárcel face their wedding night and the fate of their marriage. According to aristocratic tradition, if the wedding night is not consummated, the marriage can be annulled, so Cárcel prays for the night to go smoothly and for Inés to want to stay married. As he dreams of taking her to the new mansion on the coast of Calztela, he realizes he may have fallen in love with Inés, but Inés's cool demeanor and others' plans to seduce her heighten the tension. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Narration explains aristocratic marriage is only completed on wedding night, otherwise annulled next day. - Newlyweds share teasing intimate dialogue about undressing and carrying in bridal bedroom. - Groom admits he chose Calztela honeymoon by fleet at proposal time and may have fallen in love. - Unidentified rival plots to seduce the bride to prove superiority when groom abandons her. - Groom plans to register bride in family registry and take her to coastal mansion beyond duke's reach. - Groom resolves to get through wedding night smoothly to secure marriage against annulment threat. - Revealed even consummated marriage can be erased if agreed conditions are not met. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Inés and Cárcel face their wedding night and the fate of their marriage. ### Spoiler summary In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway, Inés and Cárcel face their wedding night and the fate of their marriage. According to aristocratic tradition, if the wedding night is not consummated, the marriage can be annulled, so Cárcel prays for the night to go smoothly and for Inés to want to stay married. As he dreams of taking her to the new mansion on the coast of Calztela, he realizes he may have fallen in love with Inés, but Inés's cool demeanor and others' plans to seduce her heighten the tension. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 77 ### Content THE WEDDING CEREMONY AND CELEBRATORY BANQUET... ...TAKE PLACE SOLELY FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OTHERS. THE TRUE MARRIAGE CONTRACT IS COMPLETED ON THE WEDDING NIGHT. IN THE ARISTOCRATIC WORLD, IF NOTHING HAPPENS ON THE WEDDING NIGHT, THE MARRIAGE CAN SIMPLY BE ANNULLED THE VERY NEXT DAY AS IF IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED. AND STILL, IF THE TERMS SET BY EACH PARTY ULTIMATELY AREN'T MET, EVEN A FULLY CONSUMMATED MARRIAGE CAN BE MADE TO DISAPPEAR. OF COURSE, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OFTEN. WE JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH OUR WEDDING NIGHT SMOOTHLY... AND... ...INÉS NEEDS TO STILL WANT THIS MARRIAGE. DUKE VALEZTENA HAD CONTINUED THREATENING TO ANNUL THE MARRIAGE IF THERE WERE ANY HITCHES AT ALL, BUT HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO SO AS LONG AS INÉS WANTED TO STAY IN THE MARRIAGE. INÉS HAD TORMENTED ME, BOTH IN MY DREAMS AND IN REALITY, AND IN THAT TIME, IT SEEMS MY DESIRES WERE REPRESSED. THE TIME PASSED BY SO PAINFULLY SLOWLY, AND WHEN EVERYONE SAW INÉS THE WAY I HAD IMAGINED HER TO BE, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOSE MY MIND. AND SO, I PRAY THIS NIGHT GOES BY QUICKLY... AFTER TONIGHT, THE NIGHTMARE WILL FINALLY BE OVER. ...AND ALL WILL BE RIGHT WITH THE WORLD. INÉS ESCALANTE, CÁRCEL ESCALANTE'S WIFE. HER NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE ESCALANTE FAMILY TREE, AND I WILL WHISK HER AWAY FROM DUKE VALEZTENA'S REACH. I WILL TAKE MY WIFE TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BE ALONE, TO THE NEW MANSION ON THE COAST OF CALZTELA. ...A PLACE WHERE WE CAN BE ALONE? I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME, BUT HERE WE ARE. ...CRAZY BASTARD. THERE'S NO DOUBT I HAVE GONE MAD. THE MOMENT I SENT THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, I DECIDED THAT WE WOULD SPEND OUR HONEYMOON NOT IN MENDOZA OR ESPOSA... ...BUT IN CALZTELA, WHERE MY FLEET IS DOCKED. I SWEAR THAT IT HAD NO SPECIAL MEANING. AND IT MOST CERTAINLY WASN'T BECAUSE I WAS DESPERATELY LONGING TO BE ALONE WITH HER... DAMN IT... ...IT SEEMS... ...I MAY HAVE FALLEN FOR INÉS AFTER ALL... COULD IT BE THAT I AM NOW THE ONE WHO IS IN LOVE? THIS CAN'T BE... SO, SHE'S THAT ARROGANT ESCALANTE FELLOW'S WOMAN? THAT MUST BE WHY SHE LOOKS ESPECIALLY TEMPTING. WHAT BETTER WAY TO PROVE YOUR SUPERIORITY TO CÁRCEL ESCALANTE... ...THAN SEDUCING HIS WIFE? INÉS VALEZTENA'S BEAUTY MAY HAVE EXCEEDED EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS, BUT SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP ESCALANTE'S INTEREST FOR LONG. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY WHEN CÁRCEL ESCALANTE TURNS HIS BACK ON HIS DEAR WIFE. THERE IS NOTHING EASIER THAN CONSOLING A WOMAN... ...WITH A WOUNDED HEART. CÁR... CÁRCEL...? ...YOU DIDN'T WALK ALL THE WAY HERE LOOKING LIKE THAT, DID YOU? I DID. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A BIT OF AN EXHIBITIONIST INSIDE ME, YOU SEE. I'M KIDDING. DIDN'T YOU SEE JUANA TAKE MY ROBE WITH HER? ARE YOU NOT GOING? ...GOING WHERE? TO THE BED. WHAT ARE YOU...? WE HAVE TO GET UNDRESSED ANYWAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS EASIER FOR YOU. HOW ABOUT YOU? DO YOU NEED ME TO UNDRESS YOU? OH... DO YOU PREFER KEEPING YOUR CLOTHES ON? I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE LIKE THAT. I DON'T MIND PUTTING THIS BACK ON. ...PUTTING IT BACK ON? DON'T EVEN DREAM OF DOING SUCH A THING IN FRONT OF ME. ...WHAT...? YOU'RE PERFECT JUST AS YOU ARE, INÉS. I CAN WALK ON MY OWN... I CAN'T BE SURE HOW MUCH STAMINA YOU HAVE LEFT, SO JUST LET ME CARRY YOU. BUT IT'S ONLY A FEW STEPS...! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE USED UP SO MUCH STAMINA ON THOSE MEN EARLIER. IF YOU HAD RESERVED YOUR ENERGY, I WOULD BELIEVE THAT YOU STILL HAD SOME LEFT RIGHT NOW. ESCALANTE! HOW IS HE SO QUICK TO REACT JUST BECAUSE I SHED SOME CLOTHES? FOR SOMEONE WHO'S CLEARLY GONE MAD, HE SEEMS AWFULLY LUCID... ## See also - [WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #18: Chapter 17](/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-18-d7crns) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.