Chapter 8 (2/2)
than her, and he was a gentle person with a quirky personality and who did not
get angry or raise his voice easily. He had a good head on his shoulders and he
helped his father manage several stores in their textile trading business. Colette
had not fought with him since they were children, and they had always been on
good terms.
It made her chest feel heavy when
she thought about telling Matthew she wanted to cancel the engagement. Matthew
and his father were surprised to see Lionel and Colette. Lionel spoke first,
‘I have received permission to
marry Colette from my liege,’
Colette’s mother covered her mouth
in shock; her eyes looked wide enough to fall out of their sockets. Her father
seemed to have lost his soul,
Matthew’s father seemed to be the
only one who still had his wits about him, ‘But Colette has been promised to
Matthew since they were young!’
‘I am sorry, but I am here to
discuss terms of settlement to cancel the engagement.’
Colette’s mother recovered first
and elbowed her father,
‘This marriage is a merger between
both our houses, despite the promise of a settlement; we can’t just cancel the
engagement just like that.’ Her mother said,
‘Before discussing cancelling
Colette’s engagement, there is something I want to confirm,’ Lionel turned to
Matthew with a cold gaze, ‘about Guilietta Flouqette and the child she is
pregnant with.’
Matthew and his father’s complexion
paled. Colette and her family were confused, they hadn’t heard about this.
Matthew tried to defend himself,
‘The child is mine, but I am not planning to make the child legitimate. I will
be paying child support.’
Colette’s parents stared in shock;
the child is his?! He has been being unfaithful and making children while
Colette was away?
But Lionel was not finished, ‘There
seems to be two or three other women you meet regularly other than Guilietta,’
‘They all know I have a fiancée,
and I am going to marry Colette, so this doesn’t affect my engagement with
Colette,’ Matthew replied calmly, trying to sound reasonable, but looking
shaky.
There is no problem? No there is
one! While Colette’s parents were at a loss of what to say about the current
development, there was a knock on the door and a young woman entered. It was
Sophie, Colette’s younger sister
‘Don’t just enter there, Sophie.’
Colette’s older brother followed.
Sophie’s cheeks were dyed pink much like Colette’s but she turned to Matthew,
‘Mattie, if you cancel your
engagement with older sister you can marry me. We can just change the name on
the contract,’ (Zuben: The sister too?! Matthew, you harem master you)
Colette’s father flew into a rage
and tried to punch Matthew, Matthew dodged and the punch landed on his father.
(Zuben: Is Colette going to say
anything?)
Colette’s father shouted, ‘This
a.r.s.ehole! I will not forgive you! Sophie as well?!’
Matthew’s father shouted back,
‘What?! Your daughter also broke the promise!’
‘Your son was obviously cheating
for a long time, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You raised a hapless son!’
‘Your daughter is also faithless!’
A fight broke out between the two
fathers and their sons tried to stop them. Colette’s mother and sister were
crying, while Lionel held Colette who just stared in shock, thinking; it has
become a terrible thing… (Zuben: Conveniently terrible.)
Zuben: Whereever you may be hopefully you're free-ly living happily (terrible rhyme, but hey)
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