No, in the novel, Lillian take Edith to rhyzen and cliff inherits the dukedom with author rhyse. Real rhyse never returns. But author goes crazy and breaks character, and without her plot armor system, it’s not dissmissable. Eventually after a long messy break, they divorce and rhyse goes to the abbey. Cliff eventually remarries a woman who is described as modest in looks compared to rhyse or Edith but who genuinely cares for cliff and his mental health which was still poor after being abused by the author for so long

can someone tell me what happened to cliff at the novel's ending?