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The Duke's Regret He Repented After Abandoning His Wife - FULL EP 2026
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00:00They say every beautiful story starts the same way.
00:02A hero saves a damsel, and she gives him her heart forever.
00:06But my story is not that.
00:08It was my wedding night to Duke Kyle Blackwood.
00:10His lips were just inches from mine, about to complete our vows.
00:14Then his servant burst pale and panicked.
00:16Your Grace, Miss Lena has collapsed.
00:19Her father just passed away.
00:21Without a word, he abandoned our wedding and rushed out of the manor into the night.
00:25From down the hall, his voice carried through the house.
00:28Best physician in London at once.
00:30Lena is weak. How can she bear such grief?
00:32I stood there, looking at the spilled wine, the overturned table.
00:36Amanda, my mother's maid.
00:38Her eyes were red.
00:39Lady Allara, this is too much.
00:42Tonight was your wedding night.
00:44He left a lady of the realm alone on her wedding night for a court-a-tet.
00:48This is a disgrace.
00:49All high society knew it.
00:51All the noble world knew it.
00:53The great Duke of Blackwood's heart had long belonged to that courtesan.
00:57Tonight, I lived the truth of it.
00:58And the truth was worse than any rumor.
01:01The wedding candles burned through the night.
01:03The Duke did not come back.
01:06But the truth is, the rumors started long before our wedding.
01:10Duke Kyle Blackwood had stepped in to protect a fragile young woman named Lena, a courtesan
01:15who was being harassed by powerful nobles at the top salons.
01:18Lena was the kind of woman you couldn't look away from.
01:21Slender, seemingly fragile, but with a beauty that left every noble in the room speechless.
01:26A lord tried to force her into marriage.
01:28The Duke stopped him.
01:30A hero saves a helpless woman.
01:32She gives him her heart.
01:33An old tale.
01:34But then the Duke said something that surprised everyone.
01:37I have no Duchess, so I will not take a mistress lightly.
01:41Lena deserves better than that.
01:42She should not be treated that way.
01:44The Queen heard about it too.
01:45She worried I would be hurt.
01:47So before the wedding, she called me to the palace.
01:49Allura, you've heard the rumors about Blackwood and that coursanter.
01:52If you're not comfortable with this match, I can cancel it.
01:56I won't blame you.
01:57My parents and brothers had all died fighting for the world.
02:00The Queen honored House Calloway's sacrifice and took me in.
02:03She gave me something almost no woman had ever received.
02:07She let me inherit the Calloway family title.
02:09She had always been more than fair to me.
02:11Far more than the crown required.
02:13But becoming Duchess of Blackwood was the Queen's own command.
02:16It couldn't be undone easily.
02:18So I knelt before her and said what I had to say.
02:21Your Majesty.
02:22I am not wronged.
02:24The Duke is one of the most powerful noble of Eshroili's generation.
02:28This is exactly the married I want.
02:30There's no need to cancel it.
02:32As for the rumors, noble marriages were never about love.
02:35As long as he didn't humiliate me after the wedding, I could live with him.
02:39But I never imagined that the humiliation of my wedding night was only the beginning.
02:45The next morning, I went to pay my respects to the Duke's mother.
02:49Kyle was already there.
02:50Lena clung to his side, dressed head to toe in black mourning clothes.
02:54It was a style noble women almost never wore.
02:57Its hem barely reaches her thighs.
02:59She hid behind the Duke.
03:00She swayed like she might collapse at any moment.
03:03Then right in front of me, she sank into a deep curtsy.
03:06Lena greets the Duchess.
03:07Last night was all my fault.
03:08I ruined your Grace's wedding night.
03:10Please punish me however you wish.
03:12Then the Duke's face was caught between guilt and pleading.
03:15Her father just died.
03:16She has no one.
03:17Now nobles are circling her, trying to force her into marriage.
03:20She has nowhere to go.
03:22I thought I could take her as my mistress, give her a place to belong.
03:26If you can't accept this, I'll send her away at once and you'll never see her again.
03:30Lena wept in silence.
03:31She lifted her head, her face soft and helpless.
03:35Please, Your Grace, have mercy.
03:37Lena has nowhere else to go.
03:38If there's no place for me here, then Lena would rather die.
03:43Allura, the decision is yours.
03:47Our family is known for kindness and generosities.
03:51As Duchess, I trust you'll choose the true one.
03:58I...
04:01Taking her as a mistress costs you nothing.
04:03Her status will never surpass yours.
04:05If I refused, I was cruel.
04:07If I accepted, I was a fool.
04:09The play had been written before I even walked through the door.
04:11My lord saved Lena's life.
04:13Lena swore to repay him.
04:15I am willing to take the medicine and will never challenge your position.
04:18Allura, Lena doesn't scheme.
04:20You don't have to be so hard on her.
04:24Your Grace, please!
04:26My lady can't take that potion!
04:27She's already carrying the Duke's child.
04:30Help her up at once.
04:31A woman with child must not perform deep kerfals.
04:34Why didn't you tell me?
04:35How long have you been carrying this alone?
04:37I thought I would quietly end the pregnancy myself so you wouldn't have to suffer because of me.
04:41Ilarra, even if this child is born, it will never surpass your children.
04:46But this is Kale's blood.
04:47We cannot abandon it.
04:49When the child is born, it will call you mother.
04:52I looked at the three of them, watching their tears in performance.
04:56I smiled.
04:57If his feelings are as deep as the rumors say, he should make her duchess.
05:01That would be a love story worth telling for generations.
05:04Kale relaxed at the first half of my words.
05:06Then the second half hit.
05:08His face hardened.
05:09Make her duchess.
05:11Ilarra, Lena and I have never...
05:12Never what?
05:12Never loved each other?
05:14Or the child she's carrying isn't yours?
05:16You once announced I will not take mistresses lightly.
05:19Now I understand what those words really meant.
05:21Not a mistress.
05:22Just a secret kept in the shadows.
05:24Isn't that right?
05:27Duchess.
05:28Lena is not that kind of woman.
05:30Lena only...
05:31Only loves him.
05:33I never asked for more.
05:35Not even a mistress?
05:36Then that's worse.
05:38At least a mistress has a title.
05:40Without one, what will her child be when it's born?
05:43A bastard with no standing in society?
05:45Lena didn't mean...
05:46Whatever you meant, I will give your love exactly what it deserves.
05:50My lady, last night's wedding ceremony was never completed.
05:54The Duke spent his wedding night with Lena.
05:55All of my attendants saw it.
05:56Every servant in this manner can testify to it.
05:59Therefore, this engagement is void.
06:04What do you mean?
06:05I know last night was my fault.
06:07But Lena's father had just died.
06:09I had no choice.
06:10This won't happen again.
06:12We start over.
06:13I will spend the rest of my life making this up to you, Alara.
06:16If you dissolve this engagement, you are trampling the Queen's command.
06:19Do you understand what that means?
06:22Kale, this engagement was the Queen's gift.
06:25And you buried it on the very first night, abandoning your Duchess to comfort a court, sir.
06:29If the Queen seeks to punish anyone, she will not punish the orphan daughter of a general that you abandoned.
06:33You speak to me of duty.
06:35When you decided what she needed, did you spare even one second to think of me?
06:37Duchess, please.
06:39This is all Lena's fault.
06:41I will leave the manor right now.
06:42You will never see me again.
06:44I will never let the Duke fall into trouble because of me.
06:47She stepped closer and lowered her voice so only I could hear.
06:50Lady Calloway.
06:52He has always chosen me.
06:53He always will.
06:54You never had a chance.
06:55If you leave, the Queen will punish the Duke, please.
06:58If anyone should go, let it be me.
07:00You really want me to stay?
07:02Then hear this clearly.
07:04If I stay, you will never set foot in this manor again.
07:07Not once.
07:10Lena doesn't know what to do.
07:11Please, Duchess, tell Lena.
07:15She turned to the Duke, her voice turning small and fragile.
07:18Kale, did Lena do something wrong?
07:21Lena only wanted to repay you.
07:23Lena can be a servant.
07:24Lena asks for nothing.
07:25Only, please let Lena stay by your side.
07:28Alara, let her stay.
07:31She defers to you in everything.
07:33You have my word.
07:35He still thought he was worth bargaining.
07:38Duke Kale, my answer stands.
07:40The engagement is dissolved.
07:42From this day forward, your life has nothing to do with mine.
07:45Lena clutched her black mourning dress,
07:47putting on a pitiful act as she made to turn away.
07:50If the Duchess has no place for me,
07:52then I shall leave.
07:53There's no need for more words.
07:54Kyle grabbed her arm.
07:56You're not going anywhere.
07:58I am the Duke of Blackwood.
08:00Everything in this malice is mine to decide.
08:03He turned to me.
08:05I am merely giving her a protected status.
08:08What noble house in London hasn't taken in a woman in distress?
08:12What Duchess would make such a scene over this?
08:14He slowly stood up straight.
08:16You're nothing more than an orphan sheltered by royal favor.
08:20Your title was given.
08:21Your status was given.
08:22Step outside this manor.
08:24You have nowhere to go.
08:26Do you really believe the Queen will go to war with House Blackwood over you?
08:30He thought he had cornered me.
08:32He forgot what I was.
08:34I was the daughter of the Calloway Hill line.
08:37Before Ford Crown ever took me in,
08:38I was already forged in iron and blood.
08:41True nobility does not kneel.
08:43Amanda, my voice carried clear and steady through the hall.
08:47Pack our things.
08:48Raise the Calloway's crest.
08:50I lifted my gaze, cold and proud.
08:54We are returning to the Calloway estate.
08:59The room went silent.
09:04This is no retreat.
09:07It is the beginning of his ruin.
09:10The Calloway estate had been sealed for over a decade,
09:13since my father and brothers fell on colonial battlefields.
09:16This manor, once the very symbol of English martial nobility,
09:21had been locked away, untouched, life left.
09:24The servants shined the silver candle lips and brass fixtures.
09:27They relit the marble hearths in the great hall.
09:29I personally oversee the restoration of the family library,
09:33and the gallery of military honours.
09:35My father's battle maps.
09:37His sword.
09:38His portrait.
09:39His medals.
09:40Every detail placed according to the strict customs of Victorian nobility.
09:45I stood at the centre of the great hall,
09:48looking up at the portraits of my ancestors.
09:51My spine was straight.
09:52I had lost an engagement.
09:54I had lost the shelter of a husband.
09:56But I had not lost my blood.
09:59I had not lost my honour.
10:02On the seventh day after the estate came back to life,
10:05a carriage bearing the royal crest drew up before the gates.
10:08A royal messenger in red uniform bowed and presented a letter sealed with wax.
10:13The summons from the palace had arrived.
10:17I entered the carpeted audience chamber.
10:20Lowered myself into a graceful curty before the queen.
10:24Then knelt in silence, back straight, waiting to be addressed.
10:28I knelt before her, composure unbroken.
10:30Your Majesty.
10:32The engagement between myself and the Duke of Blackwood cannot proceed.
10:36His heart belongs to another.
10:38And Miss Lena is already with child.
10:41Beside me, Amanda knelt as well, tears streaming down her face,
10:45as she recounted every detail of the wedding night.
10:48The queen listened from her throne,
10:50her expression growing darker by the moment.
10:53I knew Blackwood was frivolous of heart, she said at last.
10:58But I did not him so bold.
11:00To abandon a royal engagement on the wedding night itself.
11:04For a courtesaire.
11:08She exhaled slowly, her tone softening as she offered a reminder.
11:13But Ilara, if you retreat to the Calloway estate now,
11:17London society will talk.
11:18I lifted my gaze, my eyes were clear, my voice was steady.
11:23Your Majesty, the fault was not mine.
11:27My father and brothers gave their lives for this realm.
11:31The honor of House Calloway, I can uphold it myself.
11:34The queen was silent for a long moment.
11:37Then something like approval surfaced in her eyes.
11:40You are truly your father's daughter.
11:42Strength, honor, House Callaghan will rise again by your hand.
11:47With those words, the audience, this matter of dignity, of honor, came to its close.
11:53And I, at last, had walked completely out of the cage called marriage.
11:59Three days after my audience at the palace,
12:02the queen's royal gifts began arriving at the Calloway estate.
12:06Word spread.
12:07The tide of London society turned overnight.
12:10The lords, the generals, widows, the ladies of title,
12:13Those who had kept their distance when my engagement fell apart
12:17Now sent their calling cards, eager to renew their ties with House Calloway.
12:22The Countess of Harwit came herself.
12:25She took both my hands in hers, her voice earnest.
12:29Elara, you carry the spirit of a warrior's daughter.
12:33You have the crown's favor.
12:35You deserve nothing less than the finest this world has to offer.
12:38Blackwood and that cordycet, they are but specks of dust in your path.
12:43Do not waste a thought on them.
12:45I received them with poise.
12:47Every gesture impaculate.
12:49Neither pride nor resentment marved my composure.
12:52Victorian high society does not weep for tears.
12:56It bows only to those who hold their honor high
12:59And stand with their backs straight.
13:01I had not cried.
13:02I had not begged.
13:04I had not clung to any man.
13:06And yet, by blood of the Calloway line, by the trust of the crown,
13:11I had claimed the most honorable place in London society.
13:15All of this, Cale Blackwood did not yet know.
13:18He still believed, in his innocence, that I was merely smulking.
13:22That in a few days, I would swallow my pride and come back to Blackwood Manor.
13:27He would never know that I had already walked towards something far freer, far brighter,
13:33far more my own than any duchess's title could ever be.
13:38Cale had always believed that I was merely throwing a tantrum.
13:41A bride wronged on her wedding night.
13:43Nothing more.
13:44He was certain that in a few days, I would swallow my pride.
13:48Return to Blackwood Manor.
13:50Not until the crown's gifts arrived at Calloway House.
13:52Not until the old allies' entitled ladies began arriving at my door.
13:56Did the truth finally strike him?
13:58I was never coming back.
14:00I submitted the formal dissolution of the engagement to the ecclesiastical court for filing.
14:05Soon after, the Queen addressed the matter at court.
14:09Blackwood has set aside the match I arranged for him in favor to a courtesate.
14:14I will not force a man to honor what he has already dishonored.
14:18All of London understood clearly.
14:20The Queen's displeasure was never with me.
14:22The disappointment, the disdain, they belonged to Cale Blackwood.
14:25When word reached Blackwood Manor, Cale found himself like a beast caught in a trap.
14:29No room to maneuver.
14:31He had no choice left but to marry the courtesan who carried his child.
14:34But he never understood that in the world of Victorian nobility,
14:38no great house would ever accept a courtesan wearing the Blackwood Ducal crown.
14:42He had torn apart the crown's dignity with his own hands.
14:45And with those same hands, he had thrown his family's honor into the mud.
14:49The humiliation that awaited him, the mockery, had only just begun.
14:55In London, a noble wedding was never a private matter.
14:58It was a ceremony of lineage, of honor, of the crown's recognition.
15:02But the wedding of Cale and Lena was a laughing gop from the very start.
15:05On the day of the ceremony, the guests filled the hall.
15:07Yet not a single heart carried genuine well-wishes.
15:10They had all come to witness how this scandal would unfold.
15:13Let the bride step forward to receive her vows.
15:19Suddenly, her face changed.
15:21Her stomach turned.
15:22She could no longer hold it back.
15:23Before the eyes of every guest, Lena bent over and vomited onto the ceremonial carpet.
15:28The air frozen.
15:29Then, pandemonium.
15:31She's already with a child.
15:32Who the father is.
15:34Only she knows.
15:36Take her away.
15:38The honor of House Blackman has been dragged through the mud.
15:41The hasty wedding, barely begun, ended in contempt and chaos.
15:44The once charming Duke of Blackwood had become, overnight,
15:47the greatest joke in London's movie.
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