Chapter 9-1

Chapter 9-1

What are you going to do?

Touch your favorite.

Yenid caught the hint behind the words.

It was a tactic hed often used before they were engaged.

But if we put conditions on her, she might take unexpected action.

Maybe its best to leave her alone for now, shes barely walking on thin line.

Were going to do things a little differently this time, which is why Im giving her a choice.

When you say choice

Ill let her choose between profit and loss.

Yenid seemed to think for a moment, then understood completely.

If the only option was a loss, Hannett would rebel.

But if he added profit as an option, she would avoid losing money as a matter of course.

Thats a good idea. Shell rebel, but shell still want to profit.

Just making an effort to gain profit is already sufficient.

But we need Sion to help us.

It doesnt matter if I tell him the circumstances and get his cooperation, well be working together after all.

One way or another, your will be accomplished.

At the Marquis request, the engagement had been extended to six months.

This meant that the wedding could not take place for six months, unless something changed before then.

During that time, Sion Laird could change his mind, or something could happen that would force him to break off the engagement.

Well have to be pretty generous with Sion.

Of course. If he needs anything, give it to him immediately. If we want him to see only Hanette, we need to distract him from thinking of anything else.

Robbins is relieved, but he cant shake the worry.

When things are going better than expected, problems are bound to appear.

Its at times like these that he has to keep a sharp eye on everything around him.

Once I can deal with Hanette, I can get over this hurdle

For Robbins, the Hanette was a scarred finger.

Even if you have all your fingers in order, if one of them is injured, the problem starts with the hand itself.

His children were his precious fingers, and Hanette was the only one broken.

Thats why he paid extra attention to her and tried to heal his hand completely.

How can I get rid of a sore finger? he says, But I have to keep it.

Of course, he was being greedy with Hanette.

She was part of the family before she was his child.

But he also wanted her to live happily, which was why he had arranged her betrothal with the Marquess.

Ill have to look into Sion a bit more. Maybe something will come of it.