Evelyn pays a visit

To others, her uncle’s fault might have been trivial.
Although he had acted on his own, it was not with bad intentions, and the change had resulted in a good outcome, with Saint Sa growing much larger.
However, Selene remembered the family’s ideology that Gwendolyn and Beatrix would often say like a habit.
Love and devotion.
Especially her grandmother, who considered those two words to be the foundation of the family, would not have easily overlooked her uncle’s unilateral decision.
With that one incident, she had realized how her uncle would lead the family if he were to succeed the title.
However, Selene thought there was one awkward thing in the roughly drawn situation.
“Why hasn’t uncle thrown away that letter yet?”
It must have been a shocking event for Uncle Orlando.
Because he would not have expected the title to go to the second son over such a minor incident.
So, it was strange that he had kept her grandmother’s agitated letter for over several decades, when it would not have been enough to just tear it to shreds.
“I don’t know either. Maybe Dad has a hobby of collecting letters.”
Selene knew that was unlikely, but it was an action that no one could know unless they were the person themselves.
So, it seemed meaningless to talk about it any further.
“Anyway, it’s really strange. That Dad hasn’t said a single word of apology to you even after everything was revealed.”
Evelyn, who had been frowning, said with a very angry face.
“And I hate that man, Theron Cox, as much as Dad. How could he deceive you so perfectly? Not only that, but he’s been loitering around the ducal estate these days. Where on earth did he sell his conscience!”
Selene thought she was unlucky.
Seeing as the topic she didn’t want to talk about right now was continuously flowing from Evelyn’s mouth.
First her uncle, and now Theron Cox.
“I’m sorry, Selene. I didn’t know he was such a fraud, and I mistook him for really liking you. I must have been blind.”
Selene flicked the ash off her cigarette and thought for a moment.
If she were to say here that she was watching Theron Cox to give him a last chance, would Evelyn’s voice, which had just subsided, grow louder again?
Knowing that sometimes silence is better, Selene just blew out cigarette smoke without a word.
However, Evelyn’s lament did not seem to stop and flowed to another topic that Selene did not want to talk about.
“Oh, right! Come to think of it, you said Logan is back, right? I found out about it from the newspaper. How could you not say a word to me? You knew, didn’t you, Selene?”
‘Not only did I know, but he had sent a warning letter before his return and had even come to visit.’
‘Anyway, Logan had a tendency to be obsessed with me since he was young.’
“He came to the ducal estate.”
“What? When?”
“A few days ago.”
“Logan, that bastard! He didn’t say a word to me, but he went to see you as soon as he got back!”
If she were to find out here that Logan had said he would go to study abroad with her, Evelyn would probably faint.
Of course, Selene had no intention of revealing it.
Evelyn still didn’t know about her study abroad plans.
Selene’s mind had not changed that she would tell Evelyn and her grandmother right before she went to study abroad to minimize troublesome situations.
“It’s absurd, but it’s consistent. For Logan, you’ve always been his first, Selene.”
“…”
“So why did you two just get a divorce and let a fraud like Theron Cox loiter around? Honestly, Logan Pembroke is perfect except for his slightly annoying personality. He’s handsome, rich, and has a good family. There’s probably no other man like him in the empire, right?”
It was something Selene had heard countless times until now.
That it was a waste to have broken up with Logan.
But if she saw him as a man, Logan was no different from a rolling stone to Selene.
No woman would marry a rolling stone just because its conditions were a waste.
“…Forget it. What’s the point of me regretting it now?”
Evelyn’s momentum subsided at Selene’s listless reaction.
However, she soon opened her eyes wide and warned Selene.
“But you’d better know, Selene. A man like Theron Cox is absolutely not okay! Even if he acts like he’s regretting it later, that kind of man is just rotten from the start!”
Evelyn was like the voice of reason, waking Selene up.
The rational judgment she had to recall every time Theron Cox tried to break her resolve with his strange actions.
But strangely, as she talked with Evelyn and realized how much of a piece of trash Theron Cox was and what a good marriage partner Logan was, Selene felt a deep irony.
About herself, who had a feast like Logan by her side and had fallen for junk food like Theron Cox.
But she felt she understood a little.
As Evelyn had said, it was because love makes people crazy.
The emotion of love is what breaks reason and logic and makes one make the worst choice.
Because of that, Selene was no longer curious about love.
She had overcome her expressive limitations to some extent with this competition, so there was no need to learn more about emotions through people.
“Hmph, I got too excited. I should be going now.”
Fortunately, Evelyn did not stay long.
Selene willingly saw her off to the entrance.
“Goodbye.”
“But Selene.”
Just as she reached the entrance, Evelyn began to speak anxiously, as if she were going to stay here longer.
“Did grandmother… by any chance… not say anything to you?”
‘Ah, grandmother.’
Selene opened her mouth with a sense of relief.
“No.”
Evelyn would not hold on to the topic of her grandmother for long.
Since Evelyn hadn’t seen her grandmother for a long time, following her uncle, she probably wouldn’t have much to say about her.
“I see…. If grandmother says anything about my dad later, please be sure to let me know.”
“Alright.”
Evelyn finally left after those words.
However, the question she had left behind did not disappear and lingered around Selene.
For example, the matter of her grandmother and uncle.
Although her uncle had had a falling out with her grandmother when he was young enough to attend the military academy, at that time, at least, it wasn’t to the point where they wouldn’t see each other’s faces.
Selene remembered the family events held in her childhood.
Both her grandmother and uncle were present at those events.
So, Saint Sa was not the decisive factor.
The two of them had started to have a serious falling out when her father passed away in the war, so there must have been some decisive incident at that time.
She wanted to just bury the matter that was cluttering her mind, but it seemed she couldn’t just live on, pretending not to know, as if it had nothing to do with her.
Perhaps the same went for Theron Cox’s matter.
She had thought that if she just buried the matter of their fight at the art museum and spent her days busily, she would be able to forget him completely.
But Selene couldn’t.
Just as Gwendolyn had said that the future was unpredictable, learning the unwanted truth always happened by an unexpected coincidence.

Selene had forgotten for a moment.
That Logan had a rather annoying personality, just as Evelyn had described with spittle flying.
The fact that she was reminded of that fact was while she was writing a letter to Logan, telling him she had postponed her study abroad.
Logan did not come to ask for the reason but sent a reply in an elegant handwriting instead.

[Selene, forget about studying abroad. It doesn’t matter if you go in the summer or the winter anyway. There’s a more important fact right now than studying abroad.
You may not have known, but my family’s company is preparing to acquire a piano manufacturer in Velora. As you know, the artisans there know how to make pianos that produce a wonderful sound.
And among them, there’s a truly amazing one. I’d like to let you know what it’s like in advance, and I think the coffee house at the Setford Hotel would be a good place.
The time is this Thursday at 3 p.m. If you’re late, that piano might go to someone else.]

Logan knew what Selene was weak to.
Although he was unilaterally notifying her of an appointment without considering her time, he also knew that she would not be able to refuse.
The unexpected letter from Logan made Selene postpone her practice plans.
A magnificent piano made by a Velora artisan.
It was a sweet story that Selene could not refuse.
However, Selene, who was hurriedly preparing to go out due to the messed-up daily schedule, suddenly found herself reminiscing.
Not about how selfish Logan’s personality was, or what kind of wonderful piano there was in Velora, but about Theron, who would always answer that he was fine no matter when she called.
Although his pretense of being so obedient was just a ploy to seduce her, every time she thought of Theron like this, Selene would unwillingly recall her memories with him.
Memories of playing the piano together or strolling through the garden.
“…”
Perhaps that’s why.
On her way to the appointment to meet Logan, Selene’s gaze lingered on one place.
It was the place where Theron’s second building, which he had destroyed, was located.