Theodoric’s blunt assessment of his fiancée shocked Faye, his nominal lover.
“I recall the Douglas family’s eldest daughter is your childhood sweetheart, isn’t she?” she ventured, implying, ‘Aren’t you being a bit harsh?’
Theodoric, as if hearing utter nonsense, didn’t even bother to look up, fiddling with the medicine bottle in his hand.
Sebastian, observing Theodoric’s expression, chuckled and said to Faye, “Faye, our young master has always detested foolish individuals. This has nothing to do with the nature of their relationship.”
“Is that so?” Faye looked at Theodoric with a complex expression. “This is the first I’ve heard of it.”
She hadn’t noticed Theodoric displaying any aversion to stupidity before. Faye recalled her first encounter with him.
He had appeared at the manor qu
