That evening’s banquet turned my Frost Family into a laughingstock in Calbery.
When I next heard news about Harper, it was when they announced their engagement in the media.
And the next time I saw him was right now. At this moment, he was no longer my fiancé; he was Grace’s husband.
"Mr. Scott! You come from a prestigious family, so please don't keep lingering around my house!" I spoke coldly, wanting to kick him out.
"Zelda! You have to believe me, Grace and I are really just acting!"
I interrupted him, "Oh, really? Then if our secret relationship gets exposed, how are you going to explain it to the outside world? Are you going to say your marriage is fake? Or are you going to say I'm the mistress?"
Harper fell silent. Honestly, I shouldn't have asked that question.
"Now! Please get out of my house!" I couldn’t take it anymore and gave him the boot.
"Zelda! You can't do this! I love you! Truly, in all of Calbery, only I am worthy of you! If you don’t marry me, no one will dare to marry you!"
I fell silent.
Harper was right. After he rejected me, I feared I would never be able to marry in Calbery again.
At that moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the door. "When did your Scott Family become so powerful in Calbery?"
"Axel!"
How did this troublemaker end up here?
It wasn’t just me, Harper was also stunned.
"You're Zelda?"
To be honest, I didn’t like the way Axel was looking at me.
"Yes," I replied quietly.
"Oh, you're not bad looking. How about we give it a try and see if we can make it work?"
I looked up and sized up this so-called troublemaker. The more I looked, the more handsome he seemed and he didn’t appear as scary as everyone said.
"Alright, there are three hours left before sunset. Go prepare the betrothal gifts. Just don't let me be disappointed!"
With that, I turned and left, not paying any attention to Harper shouting behind me.
After walking a few steps, I stopped. "By the way! Make sure to throw him out too!"
Before long, Axel returned with the betrothal gifts.
Actually, these things were just a formality for us.
It was only at this moment that I realized I had foolishly married the infamous troublemaker of Calbery, Axel.
And we had set our wedding date for a week later.
Harper hurriedly pushed Axel away and came to stand in front of me.
"Zelda, all of this today, you’re just doing it to make me angry, right? You didn’t really marry that scoundrel, did you?"