I Shall Break Off Our Engagement For You
[Chapter 45]
Translated by: ME
Barney was taken out on a date by Rosemary, who had been begging him.
Since there's a ten-year age gap between them, it's half babysitting.
He takes her boating on the pond in the park, and they stop by a cafe in the noble district to let her eat sweets, which usually satisfies her.
However, Rosemary is quite articulate and quick-witted for a ten-year-old. The babysitting date was enjoyable in its own way.
[Barney, I want to go to 'Little Abbey'.]
They head to Rosemary's favorite cafe and open the door.
Toby and Neil were sitting near the entrance, looking troubled and deep in discussion.
[Silas... I really wonder what happened to him.]
[Suddenly moving to the countryside...]
They were whispering about whether the rumor that the Haymer family had gone bankrupt was true.
Barney and Rosemary couldn't help but stare at the two of them.
[Oh, isn't that Barney Ashfield?]
Toby noticed and called out.
Barney and Rosemary immediately joined them at their table.
They weren't particularly close usually, so Toby and Neil's reaction was awkward.
However, the truth was that both Barney and Rosemary were itching to talk about Silas with someone.
Both of them have average morals and don't particularly enjoy being mean.
They attend church services regularly and participate in charitable activities.
However, their personalities were far from saintly.
Like many nobles, they loved harmless gossip.
Considering only that aspect, they have completely different values than Felicia.
Barney has recently begun to think that spending his life with Rosemary might be a very good thing in a way.
[The bankruptcy story is true.]
Rosemary opened her mouth and began to happily tell the real situation of the Haymer family that they had seen and heard, taking turns with Barney.
The Haymer family's financial situation was originally dire, and not only the house but also all the promising territories were mortgaged.
Despite that, they couldn't stop their extravagant spending, and their debts continued to balloon.
In the end, they were abandoned by the bank they had relied on, and finally, all their assets were seized, and they moved almost as if they were running away to the only house they had left in the remote countryside.
[It seems they borrowed money from some scary people too and they took everything from jewels to everything else.]
To Toby and Neil, who were too surprised to speak, she revealed that the marriage with Felicia was also for the sake of financial support.
She said that as a condition, Silas was to marry into the Erhardt family, and the two looked at each other.
[I haven't heard a word about that.]
[Silas should have known that we were looking for a family to marry into.]
[So, after that, his engagement to Maisie...]
She casually spoke about information that was only at the level of rumors, saying that his aim was to enter the Goddard family and extract financial support, or eventually gain control of the property.
She was probably not far wrong, and even if she was wrong, they wouldn't be in any trouble.
[However, Maisie was no longer the daughter of the Baron Goddard family, so he realized that he would get nothing but some dowry.]
[So, he easily abandoned her?]
[I thought it was strange that he was engaged to Maisie... If it was for the sake of property, it makes sense.]
[But it seems that was the limit.]
When the Haymer family, who had reached a dead end, found out that they had reached out to bad sources, the bank, which had been with them for a long time, finally began to withdraw funds.
After that, a bankruptcy drama like a picture was unfolded, and the Haymer Marquis family lost everything.
[They're fools.]
[They should have stopped such extravagance and worked seriously on their business.]
[Their territory's income was decent, so they should have steadily repaid their debts from that.]
[I know what you call that.]
Rosemary smiled triumphantly and said, [It's called 'you reap what you sow'.]
Felicia might have something to say if she heard it, but Barney agrees, so he just nods.
Because there was no personal resentment or strong malice, Barney and Rosemary's attitude was completely without reservation or guilt.
He thought he would be asked something about Maisie, but Toby and Neil didn't seem particularly interested.
[I don't care about that girl.]
When asked if they were good friends, they muttered, [Not really... Right?] [Yeah. Not really,] as if they really didn't care.
[More importantly, it's Silas.]
Although they are a little angry that they were lied to, they are still worried because he is a friend of long standing, so they frown.
[Maisie's presence is weak...]
[Isn't it because she's always relying on others and doesn't have the will to do anything herself?]
Rosemary declared that it doesn't matter whether such a person exists or not. [I don't particularly think she should disappear, but I don't even think that much about it,] she said, being as harsh as ever.
In fact, she didn't even seem to know where Maisie was or what she was doing now.
She probably doesn't intend to know in the future either.
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