# WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #25: Chapter 23 [R19 Version] ## Series - title: The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway - slug: the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc ## Chapter - number: 25 - chapter_key: 25-a37ur3 - title: Chapter 23 \[R19 Version\] - release_date: 2026-11-12 ### Summary In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter Draft 30, Inés and Cárcel argue jealously over Valeztena servant Raúl. While Raúl's dinner invitation unsettles Cárcel, Inés defends him as someone loyal like family, then a brush tangled in her hair and their closeness turn the night into a passionate reconciliation. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Couple grows intimate in front of mirror and begins sexual intimacy. - Husband and wife argue over jealousy about closeness with servant. - Wife recalls poor choices of men in first and second lives. - Wife explains servant's loyalty since childhood like family. - A servant brings belongings to the house and is invited to dinner. - Servant combs wife's wet hair, tangles brush; husband removes it. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter Draft 30, Inés and Cárcel argue jealously over Valeztena servant Raúl. ### Spoiler summary In The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter Draft 30, Inés and Cárcel argue jealously over Valeztena servant Raúl. While Raúl's dinner invitation unsettles Cárcel, Inés defends him as someone loyal like family, then a brush tangled in her hair and their closeness turn the night into a passionate reconciliation. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 152 ### Content SEÑOR, SEÑORA, PLEASE FORGIVE MY RUDENESS. RAÚL IS... ...LIKE FAMILY TO ME, RAÚL, HAVE YOU HAD DINNER? SO THIS ALMOST FEELS LIKE... ...BEING CAUGHT BY LUCIANO... ...WHILE IN ANOTHER MAN'S ARMS... I'll Eat After You Two... WHENEVER THAT FELLOW IS AROUND, YOU ACT AS IF YOU'RE SUDDENLY BLIND TO EVERYTHING ELSE. DID THE BOY MAKE A MISTAKE? ..."THE BOY." IS THAT WHAT YOU USUALLY CALL HIM? WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE IS. HE'S YOUR EMPLOYEE. RAÚL IS INDEED AN EMPLOYEE, BUT... ...HE'S TAKEN CARE OF ME SINCE WE WERE CHILDREN, AND HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOYAL. TO EXPLAIN HOW RAÚL SERVED ME WITH DEVOTION AND LOYALTY, I'D FIRST HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY SUCH LOYALTY WAS NECESSARY... ...AND DESCRIBE JUST HOW BROKEN I WAS BEFORE. BUT THAT STORY ISN'T MEANT FOR CÁRCEL'S EARS... YOU SPEAK AS IF HE'S SOME PUPPY YOU RAISED IN YOUR FAMILY HOME. RAÚL, A PUPPY? HARDLY. WELL, YOU DO HAVE A KNACK FOR ADDRESSING MEN LIKE THEY'RE DOGS. RUDE DOG, PRETTY DOG, LOYAL DOG, PROMISCUOUS DOG, A DOG THAT DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED... ...PERHAPS I DID SPEAK THAT WAY, BUT IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL. SAY, DO YOU CALL ALL YOUR PRETTIEST AND MOST LOYAL DOGS BY THEIR NAMES LIKE RAÚL BALAN? HE'S AN EMPLOYEE WHO'S YOUNGER THAN ME. WHAT, DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BOW DOWN AND CALL HIM DON* RAÚL? *don: An Honorific Title Used To Address A Man, Similar To "mister." AND HE ISN'T A DOG, SO WHAT IS BOTHERING YOU? ...I'M ANNOYED. I DON'T KNOW WHY. PERHAPS I JUST DON'T LIKE TODAY'S GUEST. GUEST...? HE'S A FOOTMAN FROM VALEZTENA. HE MERELY CAME HERE TO BRING MY BELONGINGS- LIKE I SAID, HE'S AN ATTENDANT FOR HOUSE VALEZTENA. COULD IT BE THAT YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED I RETURNED HOME SO EARLY TODAY? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I JUST FEEL LIKE I INTERRUPTED YOUR REUNION. IT'S TRUE THAT HE AND I ARE VERY CLOSE. THE BOY AND JUANA... HAVE ALWAYS BEEN QUITE PROTECTIVE OF ME. I'VE SEEN JUANA PLENTY OF TIMES, BUT NEVER HIM. I DOUBT YOU'D REMEMBER HIM EVEN IF YOU HAD CROSSED PATHS. PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM AS OBTRUSIVE ENOUGH TO WARRANT YOUR ATTENTION. RAÚL IS SURPRISINGLY SKILLED, SMART, AND PERCEPTIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE NOBLE CLASS... FINE, I GET IT. HE'S AMAZING. I'M SAYING THAT THE BEST EMPLOYEES ARE THE ONES WHO ARE LEAST NOTICED BY THOSE OF HIGH STATURE. SINCE YOU BROUGHT HIM UP, WOULD IT BE OKAY WITH YOU IF I CHATTED WITH RAÚL A BIT MORE AFTER DINNER? WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR MY PERMISSION? BECAUSE HE'S A MAN AND YOU'RE MY HUSBAND. I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, AND RAÚL IS MERELY AN ATTENDANT OF HOUSE VALEZTENA, BUT SINCE WE'LL BE MEETING AT SUCH A LATE HOUR AND YOU SAID YOU DON'T REMEMBER HIM... I JUST LIKE TO BE THOROUGH. YOU SHOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND GOING FORWARD AS WELL. I KNOW HE CAN'T COMPARE TO ME, BUT HIS SOPHISTICATION AND GOOD LOOKS... ...ARE THINGS EVEN THE NOBLES WOULD LIKELY CONSIDER ADVANTAGEOUS. BUT EVEN WITH ALL THOSE SUPERB QUALITIES COMBINED, THE FOOTMAN WON'T BE ABLE TO SEDUCE INÉS. INÉS VALEZTENA ONLY CARES ABOUT LOOKS. THAT IS WHY SHE BECAME INÉS ESCALANTE. AT THE AGE OF SIX, SHE POINTED HER ARROGANT FINGER AT ME, AND FROM THAT MOMENT, IT WAS CLEAR SHE HAD UNUSUALLY HIGH STANDARDS WITH REGARD TO LOOKS. SHE WAS DETERMINED TO TAKE THE BEST-LOOKING MAN AS HER OWN. OUR WEDDING NIGHT MAY HAVE BEEN HER FIRST TIME, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM AS THOUGH INÉS WAS IGNORANT OF MEN AT ALL. DESPITE THE UNCOOPERATIVE ACT SHE PUT ON, THERE WERE SOME THINGS SHE JUST COULDN'T HIDE. AFTER ALL, THAT FIRST NIGHT WAS VERY LONG. I STILL FEEL SO GUILTY THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO APPROACH THE TOPIC. I WOULDN'T CARE IF INÉS HAD 10 OR EVEN 20 MEN IN HER PAST. 10 WOULD BE BETTER THAN ONE, AND 20 WOULD BE EVEN BETTER THAN 10. BUT ONE WOULD BE THE WORST NUMBER. TO THINK THAT IT WAS ONE MAN... WHO WAS ABLE TO BRING DOWN THAT WALL OF HERS... I GET EXCITED JUST BEING AROUND HER, SO HOW COULD I EVER WIN...? ...WIN? AGAINST WHOM? THAT FOOTMAN? MISS INÉS. THE WAY HE CALLS HER WITH SUCH FAMILIARITY. IT MUST COME FROM THE LONG TIME THEY SPENT WITH EACH OTHER. ...YOU PROMISED TO TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GOT MARRIED. MEANWHILE, THERE WAS NOTHING BETWEEN INÉS AND ME IN THOSE 17 YEARS. INÉS ONCE BROUGHT OUT SO MANY AWFUL EMOTIONS IN MY DREAMS. I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM FOR A TIME, BUT THE MISERABLE FEELINGS ARE NOW COMING BACK TO ME. DESPITE WHATEVER I FEEL, INÉS IS HERE WITH ME, AND I KNOW THAT HER STANDARD IS ME, "CÁRCEL ESCALANTE." I KNOW IT, BUT STILL... OH... NO, NO, NO! SEÑORITA, ER, SEÑORA... THE BRUSH... IT... DID THAT NOT HURT? NOT AT ALL. I'VE ONLY EVER DONE HARD LABOR BEFORE, SO I FAILED TO CONTROL MY STRENGTH... WHAT SHOULD I DO? I IMAGINE IT MUST'VE HURT QUITE A LOT... MY HAIR IS STILL WET, SO I UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE HARD TO BRUSH. JUST TAKE YOUR TIME... BUT WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THE BRUSH...? IT WON'T COME OUT... Uwahhhh!! I'LL DO IT. YOU SHOULD GO REST. I'M SO SORRY, MISS INÉS... ...? WHAT HAPPENED? THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. I TOLD YOU TO HIRE A MAID. I SUPPOSE I CAN STILL FIND ONE IN MENDOZA. BUT WE'LL BE IN CALZTELA FOR A WHILE. WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY ROOM LEFT HERE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE. THE SERVANTS AND GARDENER ARE ALREADY TAKING UP THE SEPARATE LODGING. WE COULD ALWAYS LET SOMEONE GO AND FREE UP A ROOM FOR THE MAID... DO YOU PLAN TO START DRIVING YOUR OWN CARRIAGE, THEN? OR PERHAPS, WILL YOU GET THE SERVANTS TO COOK? WILL YOU ORDER THE COOK TO MOP THE FLOOR TOO? Who Would Stay If We Did That? ...I CAN'T GIVE UP THE COOK. YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO COMPLAIN AS LONG AS THERE'S MEAT ON THE TABLE. THAT'S WHY THE PERSON COOKING THE MEAT IS SO IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT LIKE COOKING VEGETABLES. WAIT, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL COOKED? THE STEAK LOOKED LIKE IT WAS STILL BLEEDING... IT'S PART OF THE TECHNIQUE. YOU HAVE TO ROAST IT JUST ENOUGH SO THAT IT'S BROWNED ON THE OUTSIDE BUT STILL TENDER ON THE INSIDE... STAY STILL. Do You Want To Go To Sleep With This Brush In Your Hair? YOU REALLY SHOULD SEE YOURSELF. IS THE HAIR OIL HELPING AT ALL? NOT REALLY... WE REALLY NEED TO HIRE A MAID OR BRING JUANA HERE. JUANA WILL BE MARRYING IN PEREZ. SHE HAS A MAN SHE'S IN LOVE WITH THERE. THEN BRING HIM HERE TOO. ...YOU KEEP FORGETTING HOW SMALL THIS PLACE IS. I'M ALWAYS SO IMPRESSED BY HIS FACE. EVEN WHEN HE DOES SOMETHING RIDICULOUS, HE MANAGES TO LOOK CUTE RATHER THAN PATHETIC. THEN AGAIN, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A TERRIBLE EYE FOR MEN. IN MY FIRST LIFE, I PICKED A FILTHY BASTARD WHO WASN'T EVEN HUSBAND MATERIAL. AND IN MY SECOND LIFE, I CHOSE A POOR ORPHAN WHO WAS MERELY A PAINTER'S ASSISTANT. JUST AS OSCAR'S STATUS WASN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR HIS DEPRAVED LIFESTYLE, EMILIANO'S LOVE AND DEVOTION... ...WEREN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR HIS MISERABLE REALITY. AH, IT'S OUT. AS EXPECTED, YOUR SKILLS ARE VERY GOOD. SO, WHERE IS MY COMPENSATION? ...COMPENSATION? NGH CÁRCEL, LET'S TAKE THIS TO THE BED- I PREFER DOING IT HERE. OUT OF ALL PLACES... YES, OUT OF ALL PLACES, I LIKE THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE, INÉS. CÁRCEL, I DO AGREE IT'S TIME WE TRY THIS ONCE MORE, BUT- BUT NOT IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, RIGHT? IF MAKING ME LIKE THIS... ...HELPS YOU EVEN A LITTLE, I WON'T STOP YOU. BUT- BUT DO KNOW THAT THIS DOES ME NO SERVICE AT ALL. REALLY? MAY I CHECK? CHECK WHAT- IF THIS TRULY DOES YOU NO SERVICE. CÁRCEL. UGH, CÁRCEL... WAIT...! KISS To Be Continued ## See also - [WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #25: Chapter 23 R19 Version](/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-25-a37ur3) - 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.