# WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #32: Chapter 28 ## Series - title: The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway - slug: the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc ## Chapter - number: 32 - chapter_key: 32-asn4xv - title: Chapter 28 - release_date: 2026-11-12 ### Summary The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 28 opens with Inés and Cárcel's argument about having a child. While Inés wants systematic days and rules for pregnancy, Cárcel argues for trying every day. Then Inés decides to burn the reproachful letter from her mother, Esposa and the artists she supports are discussed, and her appointment of Raúl as resident valet makes Cárcel jealous. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Ines receives updates on supported artists Magdalena, Maria, Lourdes and Emiliano - Ines proposes systematic rules and fertile days to increase pregnancy chances - Carcel argues for sleeping together every night while Ines calls it lazy pleasure-seeking - Carcel orders Raul Balan to be followed all day and reported, especially with Ines - Ines refuses to read her mother's letter and orders it burned, recalling past trauma - Ines decides to appoint Raul as resident valet despite Carcel's reluctance ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 28 opens with Inés and Cárcel's argument about having a child. ### Spoiler summary The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 28 opens with Inés and Cárcel's argument about having a child. While Inés wants systematic days and rules for pregnancy, Cárcel argues for trying every day. Then Inés decides to burn the reproachful letter from her mother, Esposa and the artists she supports are discussed, and her appointment of Raúl as resident valet makes Cárcel jealous. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 135 ### Content IF WE JUST KEEP GOING AT IT LIKE THIS, WE'LL NEVER HAVE A REAL CHANCE TO CONCEIVE A CHILD. ...A CHILD? HAS HE JUST BEEN DOING IT FOR PLEASURE ALL THIS TIME? Annoyed WE NEED SYSTEMATIC RULES. I'M SAYING WE SHOULD SELECT THE DAYS I'M MOST LIKELY TO GET PREGNANT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT EARLY IN THE DAY FOR YOU TO BE AROUSING ME LIKE THIS ALREADY. STOP GETTING EXCITED AND LISTEN, CÁRCEL. WE SHOULD DESIGNATE SPECIFIC DAYS TO DO IT AND ESTABLISH RULES JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COUPLE. WOULDN'T IT BE MORE EFFICIENT TO JUST DO IT REGULARLY EVERY DAY? ...YOU CAN DO YOUR DAILY EXERCISE ON YOUR OWN. I-can't-keep Up With You. I ALREADY SAID I WAS SORRY ABOUT YESTERDAY. STARTING TODAY, I'M FULLY BACK TO MY TRAINING. BUT COME TO THINK OF IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU HAVE ANY INTENTION OF MAKING AN HONEST EFFORT. RATHER THAN THINKING ABOUT HOW TO INCREASE OUR CHANCES, LIKE DOING IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING FOR AN EASY WAY OUT. ...WHAT? CÁRCEL, LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT. I'M THE ONE MAKING AN HONEST EFFORT HERE WHILE YOU'RE JUST HAVING FUN. I WOULD SAY YOU'RE HAVING PLENTY OF FUN TOO. BUT I'VE TAKEN YOUR OPINION INTO CONSIDERATION, AND STARTING TONIGHT, WE CAN TRY DOING IT WITH SOME PURPOSE. STARTING TONIGHT? SO YOU STILL WANT TO DO IT EVERY NIGHT? YOU NEED TO CONSIDER MY OPINION TOO. WOULD YOU MIND STRAIGHTENING OUT MY COLLAR BACK HERE? THANKS FOR THE ASSISTANCE AGAIN TODAY, INÉS. I DON'T LIKE THIS... I DON'T LIKE HOW THINGS ARE GOING... HOW DID YOU... ...BECOME SO THIN ALL OF A SUDDEN? ...I'M EATING JUST FINE. LIFE IS GOOD. HAA... THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I SHOULD BE BY YOUR SIDE SERVING YOU. A LETTER FROM MOTHER. EVER SINCE I RECEIVED A NOTE FROM HER IN MY LAST LIFE REGARDING HER ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, My Dear Inés, It Has Been Several Months Since You Got Married And Left House Valeztena. Yet, As Expected From An Ungrateful Child Like You, I Haven't Heard A Word From You Yet. I'VE BURNED EVERY LETTER I RECEIVE. IN MY FIRST LIFE, MY MOTHER TORMENTED HER CHILDREN WITH HER VARIOUS NEUROSES, AND AFTER I MISCARRIED THE CROWN PRINCE'S CHILD, SHE VERBALLY ABUSED ME. IN THIS LIFE, AFTER SEEING HOW VEHEMENTLY I REFUSED TO BE CONTROLLED, SHE BECAME FEARFUL AND THUS DISCIPLINED ME THROUGH LETTERS EVEN WHEN WE RESIDED IN THE SAME CASTLE. DESPITE IT ALL, MY MOTHER COULDN'T GIVE UP ON ME... ...BECAUSE SHE STILL LOVED ME AS A DAUGHTER IN HER OWN WAY. ONCE I LEARNED THAT TRUTH, I WAS SO COMPLETELY DRAINED THAT I FINALLY GAVE UP RESISTING. TO THINK THAT I'D NO LONGER WANT CHILDREN ALL BECAUSE OF A SINGLE LETTER... BUT I CAN'T ALLOW MYSELF TO BE CONTROLLED LIKE THIS. WHAT ABOUT YOUR REPLY? I'M NOT WRITING ONE. GO BURN THIS. GOOD IDEA. AFTER ALL, I'VE ALREADY INFORMED HER ABOUT HOW YOU'RE DOING. IF SHE REALLY WANTED TO KNOW HOW I WAS DOING, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN SUCH A LETTER. HOW WAS ESPOSA? TELL ME ABOUT IT. CÁRCEL'S HOMELAND IT LOOKED LIKE AN ABANDONED CASTLE. ...WHAT? THE CITY OF ESPOSA WILL BECOME YOURS, MISS INÉS. I'M CERTAIN OF IT. APPARENTLY, THE DUCHESS DOESN'T LIKE ESPOSA VERY MUCH. SHE SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME IN MENDOZA. Duchess Escalante. SHE WAS A NOBLE LADY WITH A QUIET SMILE AND A RATHER WEAK DISPOSITION. WE CROSSED PATHS QUITE OFTEN IN MY LAST LIFE, BUT WE RARELY HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT INTERACTIONS. THE LIEUTENANT'S YOUNGER BROTHER WILL BE COMMISSIONED AFTER HE GRADUATES FROM THE MILITARY ACADEMY, AND HE SHALL SPEND HIS LIFE GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HIS POST AND MENDOZA. SO AS LONG AS YOU RESIDE IN ESPOSA, EVERYTHING THERE WILL NATURALLY BECOME YOURS, MISS INÉS. I DON'T REALLY WANT IT TO BE MINE. THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MARRIED THE ELDEST SON OF ESCALANTE. AFTER ALL, YOU CHOSE HIM YOURSELF... AND WHEN YOU GO, YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE ME WITH YOU. I GET IT ALREADY, SO STOP TRYING TO BRAINWASH ME. ALSO, ABOUT 15 DAYS AGO, SOME NEWS ARRIVED AT THE PEREZ CASTLE... ...ABOUT THE YOUNG ARTISTS YOU'RE SPONSORING. IT SEEMS MAGDALENA HAS STARTED TO GAIN RECOGNITION BY PAINTING PORTRAITS. I HEAR THE WORK HASN'T STOPPED COMING IN ALL SUMMER AND FALL. GOOD. KEEP SPONSORING HER. SHE'S TOO TALENTED TO JUST BE PAINTING PORTRAITS OF MERCHANTS. AND APPARENTLY, MARIA HAS BEEN IN MENDOZA WORKING ON A SINGLE PORTRAIT OF COUNTESS GORMAZ ALL YEAR. CLEARLY, A NARCISSISTIC CLIENT AND AN ARTIST WHO SPECIALIZES IN GLAMORIZED PORTRAITS MAKE A PERFECT MATCH. AND OVER IN RIGARCIA, LOURDES AND EMILIANO... ...WILL BE HELPING TO RESTORE A PAINTING IN A CATHEDRAL STARTING THIS WINTER. WHENEVER RAÚL MENTIONS EMILIANO’S NAME IN PASSING, I AM REMINDED THAT... ...HE IS ALIVE. I KEPT TRYING TO TELL MYSELF THAT WE MUST NEVER CROSS PATHS AGAIN, BUT I JUST COULDN’T TURN MY BACK ON THAT 17-YEAR-OLD BOY. BUT THIS WAS AS FAR AS I WOULD GO. I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO RUIN MY LIFE... ...OR THE LIFE OF EMILIANO. HE MUST CONTINUE KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT OUR PAST. SO... ...I'VE DECIDED TO APPOINT RAÚL AS OUR RESIDENT VALET. ALFONSO IS AN ELDERLY BUTLER, YET HE'S STILL DOING ALL THE WORK OF A FOOTMAN. I DON'T NEED A VALET TO HANDLE MY TRIVIAL TASKS. BUT I DO. AND I CAN'T JUST ORDER ALFONSO AROUND FREELY. HE'S LONG PAST THE AGE AND POSITION TO BE DOING THOSE THINGS. ISN'T HE TOO YOUNG TO BE USED AS A VALET? VALETS ARE NORMALLY OVER 40... IT'S JUST A TITLE. I NEEDED TO GIVE HIM A PROMOTION TO BRING HIM HERE. I'M SHOWING OBVIOUS DISPLEASURE, YET HE'S ACTING AS IF HE DOESN'T SEE OR HEAR ME. HE'S GOING TO BE CARRYING OUT THE DUTIES OF BOTH A VALET AND A FOOTMAN ANYWAY. HE'LL SERVE YOU, COMPLETE MY ERRANDS, AND SERVE THE GUESTS TOO. OH, AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF HIS PAY. ...THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE MONEY. HE SAYS HE FEELS AS THOUGH YOU DON'T LIKE HIM, BUT HE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY. THAT'S NOT THE CASE, RAÚL. CÁRCEL WOULD NEVER HATE SOMEONE FOR NO REASON. ...THAT BASTARD! THAT SON OF A...!!! IF YOU JUST SERVE CÁRCEL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITIES, I'M SURE HE WILL BE SATISFIED. CAN YOU DO THAT, RAÚL? ABSOLUTELY! EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME, I'LL DO MY BEST TO SERVE YOU. FINE, FINE. I GUESS IT CAN'T BE HELPED. WELCOME TO THE HOUSE STAFF, BALAN. I HAVE TO ADMIT, COMPARED TO THE OTHER SERVANTS WHO WOULD JUST HAND ME THE SHIRT AND LET ME DRESS MYSELF, I LIKE HOW THIS BOY IS SO QUICK TO RECOGNIZE MY NEEDS. But Even That Is Annoying... WHERE IS INÉS? SHE'S READING THE BIBLE IN THE LIBRARY. THE BIBLE? YES, SO I WOULDN'T ADVISE VISITING HER RIGHT NOW. SHE ALWAYS READS THE BIBLE AND PRAYS ON THURSDAYS. SEEING AS YOU TWO ARE STILL IN THE HONEYMOON PHASE, PERHAPS IT'D BE BEST TO AVOID ANY CONFLICTS... IF THERE'S A CONFLICT, INÉS WILL JUST GET ANNOYED AT ME, AND I'LL LISTEN TO HER. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT, SO DON'T BOTHER WITH YOUR SILLY ADVICE. ...I GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU TOO WILL SOON BE SATISFIED WITH MY WORK, LIEUTENANT. JUST AS YOU WERE ABLE TO GAIN SEÑORA'S CONFIDENCE WITH THIS RESIDENCE YOU STOLE FROM LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ELBA, YOU WILL HAVE MUCH TO GAIN FROM ME AS WELL. SO, YOU WANT ME TO PUT A TAIL... ...ON RAÚL BALAN? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT SNEAKY BASTARD'S WEAKNESS IS. ...I NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T ANY EMBEZZLEMENT GOING ON IN THE WINE PURCHASE WITH INÉS TODAY. AH, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. I'LL SEND SOMEONE THIS AFTERNOON AROUND THE TIME SEÑORA LEAVES... NO, MAKE IT ALL DAY. I WANT A REPORT OF HIS EVERY MOVE AT ALL TIMES. ESPECIALLY WHEN HE'S WITH INÉS... SO, THAT'S WHY YOU'VE BEEN GLARING AT HIM SO HATEFULLY... DON'T LAUGH, ALFONSO. SORRY, I JUST... NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY... ...WHEN YOU WOULD ORDER SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO, THEN JUST DO IT. To Be Continued ## See also - [WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #32: Chapter 28](/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-32-asn4xv) - 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.