The room fell into silence again, the only sound being Charlotte Bollock occasionally pursing her lips and blowing bubbles.
At this moment, Evelyn Crawford's heart was a mix of complex emotions.
She had never expected that she would agree so readily to marry him, and her response was so impatient.
Yet she knew very well that Jasper Bollock wanted to marry her not because of love but because of that damned responsibility.
She wanted to call out these facts but couldn't bring herself to speak them.
Perhaps by playing the fool and pretending to be unaware, she could find happiness, right?
Even though this would make her, Evelyn Crawford, seem pitiful, laughable, and tragic.
But what could she do?
From the moment she fell in love with Jasper Bollock, it was decided that in this relationship, she would always be at a disadvantage.
Since it had come to this, that's all there was to it.
Forget it, forget it.
Life is so short, one must enjoy it to the fullest!
