# WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #9: Chapter 8 ## Series - title: The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway - slug: the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc ## Chapter - number: 9 - chapter_key: 9-eh6ekz - title: Chapter 8 - release_date: 2026-11-10 ### Summary The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 8 opens in the reception room of the Escalante Mansion with Inés proposing a mutual freedom arrangement to Cárcel. Inés says they should not interfere in each other's private lives throughout the engagement and marriage, that he doesn't need to hide his dissolute lifestyle, and presents this as like a debt she owes him. Cárcel first mocks her and implies she has a lover, then angrily rejects it; he says they will not live separate lives, that he will stay faithful, and that he wants a real marriage. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - Woman proposes open marriage to fiance, allowing mutual freedom during engagement and after wedding without interfering. - Man suspects woman has secret lover and made proposal to keep seeing him. - Couple bickers briefly over sitting on table versus chair. - Woman recalls man joined military academy and enlisted to delay wedding, calling it a favor to her. - Woman acknowledges knowing about man's womanizing lifestyle and respects his efforts to hide it. - Man rejects open marriage, declares fidelity, physical intimacy, and having children together with no separate lives. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 8 opens in the reception room of the Escalante Mansion with Inés proposing a mutual freedom arrangement to Cárcel. ### Spoiler summary The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway Chapter 8 opens in the reception room of the Escalante Mansion with Inés proposing a mutual freedom arrangement to Cárcel. Inés says they should not interfere in each other's private lives throughout the engagement and marriage, that he doesn't need to hide his dissolute lifestyle, and presents this as like a debt she owes him. Cárcel first mocks her and implies she has a lover, then angrily rejects it; he says they will not live separate lives, that he will stay faithful, and that he wants a real marriage. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 89 ### Content ESCALANTE, DON'T YOU THINK... ...THIS SPACE IS A BIT TOO OPEN FOR US TO TALK? IS THERE A REASON WHY WE CAN'T TALK HERE? ESCALANTE RESIDENCE, RECEPTION ROOM NO, BUT WE DO HAVE TO DISCUSS SOMETHING PERSONAL. THE ROOM IS PRIVATE ENOUGH. GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. ...YOU LEFT IN SUCH A HURRY LAST TIME... ...THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO FINISH OUR CONVERSATION. ...I DIDN'T LEAVE IN A HURRY. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT YOU MADE TO CONCEAL THE TRUTH FROM ME. SPECIFICALLY, I'M REFERRING TO YOUR EARNEST ATTEMPTS TO KEEP YOUR INDECENT LIFESTYLE FROM BEING EXPOSED... I KNOW YOU DID SO OUT OF RESPECT FOR ME. I KNOW I SHOULD BE KEEPING MY MOUTH SHUT, GIVEN THAT I AM THE ONE AT FAULT HERE, BUT... ...IT SEEMS YOU REALLY HAVE LOST YOUR MIND. JUST LET ME FINISH, ESCALANTE. I MEANT IT WHEN I SAID THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COVERING UP WHO YOU MEET. I HAVE NO INTEREST IN YOU... ...AND I KNOW YOU AREN'T INTERESTED IN ME EITHER. FOR THE REST OF OUR ENGAGEMENT, WE CAN SIMPLY CONTINUE AS WE HAVE BEEN, NEITHER OF US INTERFERING IN THE OTHER'S PERSONAL LIFE. AND THAT GOES FOR AFTER THE WEDDING AS WELL. AS LONG AS NEITHER OF US BEHAVES IN A WAY THAT IS OPENLY DISRESPECTFUL, WE CAN DO AS WE PLEASE AND STAY OUT OF EACH OTHER'S BUSINESS. ...YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT IN PRIVATE? SO, YOU PLAN ON DOING SOMETHING BEHIND MY BACK, IS THAT IT? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR CAKE ANYWAY, SO YOU'RE LETTING ME HAVE MINE TOO? ...ESCALANTE. PEOPLE SIT ON CHAIRS, NOT TABLES. WELL, I DON'T THINK I'LL SUDDENLY BECOME A TOAD JUST BECAUSE I SAT ON A TABLE. ARE YOU A CHILD? BEFORE YOU CALL ME A CHILD, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT NONSENSE YOU JUST SPAT OUT. ...SO, THIS WHOLE SHOW OF YOURS... ...WAS ALL FOR YOUR LOVER? TELL ME, ARE YOU DOING THIS SO YOU CAN KEEP SEEING HIM? THAT WOULD EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. IT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY SHE IGNORED MY MISDEEDS, WHY SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO DO AS I PLEASE, AND WHY SHE WENT AS FAR AS TO DETAIL HOW WE'LL LIVE OUR LIVES AS A MARRIED COUPLE. WHO KNOWS? MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST ONE MAN... ...BUT SEVERAL. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW MANY MEN SHE MIGHT HAVE SEDUCED WITH HER PORCELAIN SKIN AND THAT VOLUPTUOUS BODY. CONSIDERING HER PERSONALITY AND THE WAY SHE ORDERS PEOPLE AROUND, I'M SURE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL ANYONE WITH JUST A FEW WORDS. BUT AFTER WE GET MARRIED... THERE IS NO MAN. IS IT WRONG FOR ME TO WANT TO MAKE YOUR LIFE A LITTLE EASIER? THAT'S THE SOLE REASON I EVEN SUGGESTED THAT THIS BE A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE FREE. AFTER ALL, YOUR LIFE WAS ALTERED BECAUSE OF ME. YOU ENDED UP BECOMING ENGAGED TO ME EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SOMETHING YOU NEVER WANTED. YOU EVEN HAD TO STEP UP AS THE HEIR OF YOUR HOUSE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, AND ALL BECAUSE OF ME. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MARRIED SIX YEARS AGO, BUT YOU ENTERED THE MILITARY ACADEMY JUST TO DELAY THE WEDDING. YOU EVEN ENDED UP ENLISTING. TRUTHFULLY, YOU DID ME A FAVOR. IT WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T LIKE YOU. I WAS JUST HAPPY THAT OUR MARRIAGE WAS POSTPONED FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. I'M SURE THIS MEANS NOTHING TO YOU. NOTHING TO ME? WHAT I WANT TO KNOW... ...IS WHY THIS SUDDENLY MEANS NOTHING TO YOU! YOU WANT TO LET IT ALL GO JUST FOR MY CONVENIENCE? YOU BOARDED A NAVAL SHIP AND WENT OFF TO BATTLE... ...JUST TO PUT OFF SPENDING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR PLAIN-JANE NUN OF A FIANCÉE... NO, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SHE MUST HAVE SOME ULTERIOR MOTIVE. SO I'LL MAKE IT UP TO YOU. I'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EVEN MORE FREEDOM AFTER WE'RE MARRIED. I'VE COME TO SEE EVERY SIDE OF YOU OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS. I WILL BE YOUR WIFE IN NAME ONLY... ...AND I WILL LEAD A LIFE THAT'S SEPARATE FROM YOURS... THAT'S WHY I'M CERTAIN ABOUT THIS. YOU WANT TO LIVE A LIFE THAT'S SEPARATE FROM YOUR HUSBAND'S? YOU THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE? CÁRCEL, I... ...I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE NEEDED TO MAKE BABIES TOGETHER? DO YOU NOT PLAN ON DOING THAT WITH ME? I'M SORRY TO BREAK THIS TO YOU, INÉS, BUT YOU AND I WON'T BE LIVING SEPARATE LIVES. YOU'LL HAVE TO KISS ME HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF TIMES... ...AND OUR BODIES WILL COME TOGETHER THOUSANDS OF TIMES. I WON'T BE LAYING A FINGER ON ANY WOMAN OTHER THAN YOU. WE WILL BE TOGETHER WHEN YOU BEAR OUR FIRST CHILD AND WHEN YOU BEAR THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT. AND EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT MAKING CHILDREN, I WILL BE SURE TO SATISFY YOU... ...AND I WILL MAKE YOU SATISFY ME. I HAVE NO NEED FOR ANY SO-CALLED FREEDOM OR A PERSONAL LIFE. MY DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE THINGS. I MAY BE AN AWFUL BASTARD, BUT I'M FAR MORE FAITHFUL THAN YOU THINK, INÉS VALEZTENA. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — The Broken Ring: This Marriage Will Fail Anyway #9: Chapter 8](/series/the-broken-ring-this-marriage-will-fail-anyway-douf3qpc/chapter-9-eh6ekz) - 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.