Canillas was still in deep thought about his wife who dared hurt herself, bearing the pain only to make him regard her as a sickly and scarred lady who did not deserve to be his wife.
However, regarding her action, Canillas could not detest her as she expected him to. Instead, he found her to be intriguing. How could there be a young lady who would do an insensible, audacious thing in order to end their marriage?
Fabio told him that the young madam was suffering from an allergy, which made rashes grow on her skin, causing it to be swollen and reddened. But it was not an allergy that was caused by external factors like the change of weather as she claimed to be the reason behind her sickness. Instead, it was triggered by internal factors like foreign substances contained in food or drink that were consumed and reacted in the body.
