Chapter 29: Dangerous Tea Party with Natural Enemies (Part 5)
“You’ve come up with quite an unreasonable plan, acting in a way to make me dislike you just to make me refuse. Well, there’s no way you can refuse from your side. Even if you’re a noble, it’s your family that’s in trouble.”
Chloe felt infuriated as she looked at Jack, who didn’t hide his condescending attitude and smirked.
“It feels awful! You’re trying to marry me just for the sake of my noble reputation.”
“Nobles are usually arrogant. That’s why they get ridiculed in situations like this.”
“You’re the one who’s arrogant. Is having money really that great?”
“Well, who knows? With money, at least you don’t have to sell off your daughter under the pretext of marriage.”
“Oh, but you have money, and yet you’re also about to be forced into marriage like this.”
Political marriages like this happen regardless of whether there’s money involved or not.
Besides, it’s despicable to look down on others like Zach does just because he’s wealthy.
“I’ll appeal directly to my parents. If they hear about your current attitude and remarks, they’ll definitely tell me not to marry into such a place.”
Of course, this is just a bluff.
Chloe knows very well that marriages between nobles are not that easy.
But being told to marry someone like him and not receiving any help from anyone is just too much.
(I’m definitely on Marion’s side.)
For her sake, I will definitely crush this engagement no matter what.
With renewed determination, Chloe glared at Zach, and he let out a sigh mixed with exasperation.
“You don’t understand the situation you’re in at all. Your family has a huge amount of debt and your estate is about to be taken away. The only way to avoid that situation is for you to marry me.”
“There’s no reason why it has to be you. I’ll tell my parents to find a more decent wealthy person for me. You’re out of the question.”
“Then should I go to your house right now?”
“Huh?”
She freezes at the sudden outrageous proposal.
Going to her house is out of the question.
(If I meet Marion’s mother, he’ll realize I’m a fake!)
“I’ll act the same way in front of your mother as I did earlier. Even then, your mother will try to please me.”
“N-No! Don’t come to my house!”
She panics and waves her hands, and Zach looks at her with pity, misunderstanding something.
“You understand that your parents won’t protect you, right? Every family is the same. Nobles value their family’s honor more than their children’s happiness.”
“I-I don’t know about that. . .Anyway, let’s forget about going to my house. . .”
She stumbles and an uncomfortable silence falls between them.
“You seem different now. What happened to your enthusiasm from earlier?”
Uh-oh. Zach is starting to get suspicious.
She needs to calm down and turn the situation around.
(Anyway, I needs to change the subject.)
“Hey, Zach. Do you really want to marry me that badly? Just so you know, I’m quite eccentric. I dig traps in the garden and chase after the maids! You don’t want a wife like that, do you?”
“Hahaha, what’s that? It’s funny. Seems like you won’t get bored.”
“Ugh. I’m not the kind of wife who listens to everything her husband says, and it’s hard to deal with!”
“I like that kind of girl.”
Chloe listed off as many points as she could think of that her mother usually scolds her for.
Zach finds all of them amusing, and Chloe becomes more and more flustered.
(What’s with this guy? Does he like weird girls?!)
As Chloe listed her own faults in a flurry, Zach turned back to her once she was out of breath.
His cool expression was irritating, but she was out of breath and could only glare back.
“I’ll give you some advice. If you want me to hate you, become a submissive girl who flatters me.”
“You’re saying you hate that kind of girl?”
“Yeah. If you were that kind of girl, I would have rejected you.”
Zach shows the palms of his hands and makes a gesture of refusal.
(He’s too suspicious.)
Chloe wrinkles her nose and approaches Zach.
“Listen, Zach Neal. I’m not stupid enough to believe that kind of talk. You’re not going to give me any useful information.”
“That’s not necessarily true. You don’t look like the obedient type, and you probably can’t even act like that. That’s why I told you.”
“. . .What do you mean?”
“You know that I hate obedient girls, but I find it really interesting how you can’t act like that and grit your teeth. So I dared to tell you.”
“Wha-!”
“Come on, try it out. Make me laugh with all your might.”
“Wha-what?!”
(What a terrible person! I knew it!!)
But thanks to Zach underestimating Chloe, an opportunity has arisen.
(Hmph. Don’t underestimate me. I can pretend to be a submissive girl! So all I have to do is act completely opposite to my usual self, right?)
Chloe lets a victorious smile creep onto her downturned lips.
(Just accept everything Zach says without arguing back. It’s easy. Now, go ahead and hate me, Zach Neal!)
She will definitely play the role of a girl that Zach hates perfectly.
She blinks slowly and switches her mindset.
(I am a submissive girl! I am an extremely submissive girl!!)
She suggests it to herself――
“I will obey anything you say from now on.”
“. . .Huh?”
At that moment, Zach’s atmosphere clearly changes.
(What, wha. . .?)
He approaches her with a bewitching expression that doesn’t seem like that of a thirteen-year-old, replacing his smile.
(What is he planning. . .?!)
Before she can even understand what’s going on and try to pull away, Zach quickly shades his palm towards Chloe.
As if a halo of light is floating in the air, it entangles Chloe’s upper body like a rope.
“. . .Huh?!”
At that moment, she can’t move at all.
It feels like her body is tied up in circles.
“What is this?! Magic?!”
No matter how much she struggles, her arms remain tightly attached to her body, unable to move.
It’s probably a restraining magic, but she has never seen a magic that completely seals a person’s movements.
Zach looked at Chloe with amusement and then gently touched her hair.
“You said you would obey me, didn’t you?”
“Huh?”
Chloe was pushed on the shoulder and lost her balance, falling backwards onto the quilt.
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