Ah, Sir, speaking about your wife..."
"Hm? What about her?"
"I've been absent for a while now, and I'm truly not sure what exactly transpired between you and your wife during that time," Maria explained carefully, her voice laced with genuine concern. "I had always assumed she was perfectly okay with your particular lifestyle choices, given how things seemed before I left."
"Oh, she is absolutely fine with it in the grand scheme of things. But you see, sometimes a woman can get a bit too defiant for her own good, testing boundaries she shouldn't even approach. That's when you need to put her firmly back in her place, so she understands precisely what she can and cannot do—clear boundaries make everything run smoothly," Victor replied with a sly, knowing sneer curling at the corners of h
