Since I clearly didn’t understand the reason behind his actions, I tried to answer him with modest even when I didn’t want that, “I would like to humble decline your offer. After all, I’m just a handmaiden, aren’t I?”
Even when I made it clear to him that I didn’t fancy his suggestion, the guy audaciously suggested, “It’s not like marriage. It wouldn’t be absolute. It would be more like a fling.”
Since I glared at him dumbfounded, he asked me, “Do you understand what a fling is? As my loyalties lie with Madeline, that’s the only option I can grant you.”
I grinned as I spoke, “I don’t think I could ever stoop that low. Since my loyalties, too, lied with Madeline, I couldn’t do anything something as shameful as that.”
Even when he was the guy who arranged the beta for my training, I ……
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