My Engagement Got Broken, But I Don’t Remember Getting Engaged in the First Place

Chapter 71: One Thing You Need to Learn About Men

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“Well, if you were confident and arrogant, then you wouldn’t be you. Besides, no one else needs to know how charming you are, so it’s fine.” Elias said as he finally loosened his hold on Nora.

Seeing her quickly walk away from him, Elias chuckled. “Let me say it another way, so you would understand better… Even with my looks, status, and wealth, I am in love with you. Now, if someone else like me appeared, wouldn’t that be crazy?”

It was too much to say that he had the looks, status, and wealth, but it was true so she couldn’t deny it.

However, Nora was convinced by his explanation and nodded in understanding.

“Indeed. The world is huge, so there’s bound to be eccentric people everywhere.”

“I didn’t mean I’m an oddball…”

“Oh, that wasn’t what you meant?”

Elias was visibly disappointed, but then relaxed his furrowed brows.

“Well, it doesn’t matter if I’m eccentric or an oddball or whatnot. As long as you’re by my side.”

Once again he said something embarrassing without batting an eye. She felt troubled as she walked next to him, but Elias suddenly fell silent.

“Say, Nora… What would you do if I were thrown out of the Callum family?”

Nora’s eyes blinked at the sudden question.

“Thrown out? Did they disown you or something?”

“No, not at all. It’s just hypothetical.”

Just hypothetical?

Still, it’s quite alarming.

What’s going on?

“Hmm, let’s see… You have good looks and are smart, so I think you can make a living as a merchant.”

Once he overcomes the tricky aspects, he’d surely make it as a successful merchant… But imagining him as such didn’t suit him.

“Then, what if I succeed the marquis?”

“I think you’ll be a great marquis.”

She imagined he would be able to take advantage of his looks and make it big as a merchant, but being an aristocrat certainly suited him more.

“Then… will you stay by my side?”

“What?” She was momentarily at a loss and stopped in her tracks. His sky blue eyes were reflected in her eyes for a moment until the distance between them gradually narrowed and he dropped a kiss on her forehead.

“I should head home. Good night, Nora. I love you.”

***

“Welcome back, Nora. You’ve worked hard. Would you like some tea?” Perre greeted Nora as soon as she arrived home. He put down the book he was reading and rose from the sofa.

“I’m back. Sure, I’ll have some.” Nora replied and Perre went straight to the kitchen.

Nora sat quietly on the sofa alone and took a deep breath.

If Elias became the next marquis, then the person beside him would be the next marchioness.

That’s what Allan also told her. He probably meant that she should start thinking about her future with Elias.

But how could someone like Nora, who was no different from a commoner, become the next marchioness? If that happened, it would probably be difficult for her to continue singing.

Would I really be okay with that?

Nora didn’t feel worthy to stand beside Elias yet. If she decides to be with him, she must be prepared to throw away everything else… but she wasn’t quite ready.

“What should I do?” She muttered, almost at the same time Perre placed the teacup on the table.

“What happened? Did you two fight?” Perre picked up on her words as he raised his teacup to his mouth.

“No…” We didn’t fight.

She didn’t hold strong opinions about anything, so they had nothing to fight over.

“Then, are you showing off your relationship?”

“No.”

For some reason, she could tell that Perre wasn’t making fun of her.

“Well then, that’s easy. You just have to treat Elias well.”

“Huh? How do you call that a solution?” She took a sip of her tea. The familiar taste warmed her body slowly.

“I mean, you’re worried about something, right? Then, just tell Elias about it. Say something like, ‘There’s something bothering me, what should I do?’”

“Huh? Wouldn’t I be just dumping it on him? Isn’t that awful?”

Isn’t that the same as leaving the decision-making to him?

“Well, if it’s someone else, he’d surely find it annoying, but as long as it’s you, I’m certain he’d be happy if you share your woes.”

“You mean to say it’s annoying, isn’t it?”

“Like I said, if it was someone else, he’d find it annoying. But you’re the exception.”

Perre was probably trying to say that it’d be fine because they were lovers. But if one kept bothering the other, wouldn’t they inevitably lose the other’s affection?

Unable to contain his frustration, Perre placed his teacup down. “Let me put it this way. One thing you need to learn about men is that they are happy when the women they like rely on them. Remember that, all right?”

“Huh.”

Flora had said something similar before. Indeed, if she were to depend on Elias more, everything would probably be resolved, be it about the difference in their social status or demeanor.

“But I don’t want to take advantage of him or simply depend on him. I want to stand on equal grounds and face him.”

I don’t want to compromise just because there’s a huge disparity between our social status and appearance.

Otherwise, Nora would be no more than a silent stuffed toy.

As he listened to her, Perre couldn’t help but shrug his shoulders with a sigh.

“That’s what’s frustrating about you, you know… But Elias might have noticed that already. So just keep flirting to your heart’s desire.”

“Why are you suddenly talking about flirting?”

Aren’t we talking about whether I should depend on him more?

But Perre suddenly stood up with his teacup in one hand. “The bottom line is… I also want to date.”

Nora could do nothing but watch Perre laughing merrily as he left.