Henry was extremely busy that day. After the breakfast that took an extra hour of his day due to the inquiries and the pleasantries of his guest, he had to make sure that everything was ready for tonight.
Although he had several servants to do that for him, Henry could not help but check if everything was indeed going as planned.
Interestingly, Marie was rather interesting during breakfast. She still sat on the seat close to Henry, but this time she was focused on someone else. Marie was obviously avoiding his gaze. She did give him her greetings but it was pretty obvious that she was not interested in him anymore.
Henry felt accomplished. He didn’t directly suggest to Marie that she would rather invest in someone else than him. But that would be rude. It would be bad for his relationsh
