Guidelines for the Perfect Goodbye - Chapter 122
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He has a lover. Is it not so anymore? No, as far as she knew, she was his long-time childhood friend.
So, they must have been together for a very long time.
âThen why.â
A man with a lover, why on earth.
Bang!
She hit the desk without meaning to. Only her fist hurt. She buried her forehead in her fist and let out a long sigh.
“This is frustrating…”
He claimed to hate her, yet when she tried to cooperate in calling off the engagement, he refused.
âWhat kind of man is this.â
He was her husband, but she couldn’t understand him at all.
âIf I tell him that his lover might die if he doesnât break the engagement with me⌠would he then end it smoothly?â
Cecilia didnât want such an ending. An ending where her biological mother committed murder because of her…
Thinking about it sent a chill down her spine, and she clenched her hands tightly.
âNot Logan Harper.â
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Logan thought about Cecilia last night. She quickly noticed there was something foul in the tea.
If her only goal was to marry him, she would have just drunk the tea.
But Cecilia didnât drink the tea. Instead, she signaled Logan with her eyes, as if to warn him.
âDonât drink it.â
In a way, it was an act of kindness,
and in another, it was an action based on her own purpose.
She was indifferent to him.
Indifferent?
No, it was a bit different.
At first, he thought it was just indifference.
But the look she gave him was different from mere disinterest.
âDonât drink itâ should be preceded by âAbsolutelyâ.
âAbsolutely donât drink it.âÂ
âAbsolutely donât fall for my fatherâs tricks.âÂ
âAbsolutely.âÂ
Absolutely⌠donât try to continue this engagement with me.
Her gaze was more of a warning to herself.
And that warning carried a hint of disgust.
Logan could have gone along with it.
As she suggested, he could use this opportunity to break the engagement and head out to sea.
But he didnât want to.
Because he loved her?
No, that wasnât it.
It was because of the gap between the âobedient Ceciliaâ that Adam described and the Cecilia he had seen for himself.
At first glance, she seemed quiet and docile.
But behind that, she knew all the cruel facts.
She knew that her father was a man who wouldnât hesitate to ruin her honor and personally drug her to sell her off.
Even after confirming this with her own eyes, holding the tea in her hand, she remained calm.
As if she expected her father to act that way.
That attitude might have stirred some emotion within him.
Though he was dearly loved by his maternal family, he was still an illegitimate child.
As someone in a similar situation, he was curious about her true feelings.
In short⌠it was âinterestâ.
He wanted to know Cecilia a bit more in detail.
He wanted to know her for a bit longer and from a bit closer.
Therefore, it was too soon for a breakup.
He wasnât ready to judge her yet.
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Later, Cecilia openly expressed her desire to break off the engagement to him.
But he avoided the topic like a slippery eel.
Even when she cornered him, he would just respond like this.
âTell your father.â
This coward.
He knew full well that her father would never agree to break off the engagement just because she asked!
In the end, Cecilia had to bring up a painful truth she didnât want to say.
In the drawing room, where she was alone with Logan, she sat down, suppressing the urge to grab him by the collar, and asked,
âIf youâre engaged to me, what about your lover?â
âLover?â
âYes, the person you love.â
At Ceciliaâs words, Logan tapped his glass for a moment.
Cecilia was half expecting that he would say, âI donât have a lover.â
But he shrugged and said,
âWhat does my lover have to do with this engagement?â
