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Can anyone stop for a second and just truly analyze the context of this story?
Ines NEVER LOVED Emiliano. The few instances she mentions that timeline where she married him, she almost always mentioned that she used Emiliano to get away from her royal life and have freedom. She eventually came to care for him and feel something close to love (WHICH SHE MENTIONS EXACTLY LIKE THAT) bc he did indeed give her freedom and a child, she “loved” the father of her child, not the man Emiliano was.
And bc Cárcel doesn’t know any of this (nor does he read minds) HE MISINTERPRETED EVERYTHING. He believes Ines loved Emiliano when he was just a means to an end.
And choosing to divorce her is a smart move bc of these reasons (according to the context in this story):
- Divorced women can manage their own life and choose to marry whoever.
- Married women can be lovers of any royal.
- A king/prince can take a married woman as a lover . This lover can only be with their husband (if they are married) and the king, they cannot be the lover of other royals.
- A king/prince CANNOT take a DIVORCED WOMAN as a lover and much less a wife.
Ines planned to become a divorcee bc it would mean Oscar will never be able to touch her without risking his title. Carcel doesn’t “fully” know this but he understands the gist of it. Therefore choosing to divorce Ines is the smart move for her to be finally happy.
That last bit of buying a title to Emiliano is just him being an idiot thinking Ines is still in love with the man.
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