I Shall Break Off Our Engagement For You
[Chapter 21]
Translated by: ME
Felicia, having returned to the mansion, stopped in front of her father's study.
(How should I explain this...)
[Was Silas saying rude things about me behind my back?]
[Did I hear Silas say he wants to "break off the engagement" with my own ears?]
These are the facts, but the engagement was decided between our families, and everyone around us knows about it and is celebrating it, so using these as reasons to call it off at this time feels a bit childish.
It's June now, and the graduation ceremony in July is just around the corner.
We're scheduled to have the wedding immediately after graduation.
It's not uncommon for noble daughters to marry someone they don't love.
Some of my friends' stories are even worse.
Silas's flaws would seem insignificant to others.
Perhaps Felicia is just being selfish for not being able to tolerate them.
As she was mulling over these thoughts in front of the door, the hall became noisy.
[Please wait, Lord Silas!]
[Felicia!]
Chased by the butler Alfred and the maids, Silas quickly approached the front of the study.
[Felicia, please listen to me. It's a misunderstanding.]
A misunderstanding, you say?
Felicia turned around silently.
Forcing a smile onto his face, Silas continued to speak.
He spread his arms wide in an exaggerated manner in front of Felicia, who stared back at him in silence.
[You don't actually believe that, do you? I haven't thought about breaking off the engagement even for a second.]
[Oh, is that so?]
She replied coldly with a short laugh.
[That's right. Of course.]
Silas smiled in relief.
[But, Maisie understands you better, doesn't she?]
[W-Well, that's...]
[There are plenty of other people who are suitable for you, and I'm just a lacking fiancée who presumptuously asserts her own opinions, right?]
Repeating the words he said at the cafe while maintaining her smile, Silas gave a troubled smile and said, [Please stop being mean.]
[The one I love is you. Maisie is nothing...]
Felicia erased her smile and became serious.
[I didn't mean to be mean. I just said what you were saying.]
She hated Maisie, but she found it unpleasant to hear Silas denigrate Maisie just to please her.
Silas speaks ill of Maisie in front of Felicia, but he denigrates Felicia in front of Maisie.
Felicia thought that Silas probably valued Felicia and Maisie equally.
She didn't intend to say that she was a better person than Maisie, but at least she wouldn't do something as despicable as stealing someone's creative work.
She also wouldn't try to curry favor by joining in when someone was speaking ill of someone else.
If he felt that Maisie, who was vulgarly fawning over him was the one who [understood him] better than his own fiancée, then he could do as he pleased.
(I should just say what I want to say...)
It's okay if I get scolded for being selfish.
I'll tell my father how I feel.
My heart has completely drifted away.
I'll tell him that welcoming Silas as my husband would not make me happy.
Felicia turned her back to Silas.
Seeing Felicia knock on the study door, Silas moved in front of her.
His face was pale.
[Wait, Felicia.]
Her father's voice could be heard from behind the door behind Silas.
[Who is it?]
[It's Felicia. I have something I want to discuss with you, Father...]
Felicia pushed Silas aside and answered.
[Felicia!]
Her father must have heard that shout.
He might have even heard some of the conversation from earlier.
Waiting nervously, a quiet voice came from inside.
[Come in.]
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