Aurora tried to swallow her shock, but her mouth was dry all of a sudden.
“What do you mean, you’re ‘kinda engaged’? One can only be engaged or not be engaged, and it should be fairly easy to distinguish between them. I, for one, am not engaged. See, that was simple…” she bit her tongue to stop rambling, but she just didn’t know how to deal with the wave of emotions trying to drown her right now.
Matteo took a deep breath.
“So, basically, my parents want me to marry this girl because of… status. I don’t really know her, and I’m not in love with her, but I’m the oldest son and that’s what is expected of me. And the party I had to attend on Saturday was really my engagement party…” He didn’t even want to look at Aurora, afraid of what he would see in her face.
“You’re telling me that y
