Guidelines for the Perfect Goodbye - Chapter 123
“…What?”
“I just don’t want to break off the engagement with you right now, but I don’t particularly want to marry you either.”
“….”
Cecilia carefully selected her words.
Bastard…
No, that’s not appropriate.
Insane bastard, conscienceless bastard, trash I wouldn’t touch even if it were given to me…
“….”
There were no words to choose.
When Cecilia clamped her mouth shut, Logan looked at her with an amused expression.
“I never had any intention of marrying anyone in the first place.”
“Then what about your lover?”
“Well, she’ll still be my lover, won’t she?”
“…Trash.”
In the end, she spat out one of the words she couldn’t choose.
Logan laughed as if he found it entertaining. He seemed to enjoy Cecilia’s reaction itself.
“Sorry for being trash.”
He continued playfully.
“But… oh, wait. Miss Cecilia, where are you going?”
***
Cecilia walked quickly down the corridor, reflecting on the past.
Logan Harper. The man who hated her.
A stern, stone-like man.
The Logan she knew was such a man.
What was he like before she knew he hated her? Well, that’s a bit of a blurry memory.
But at least he was a polite gentleman. He never uttered harsh words like ‘moron’ in front of her.
He behaved as if he had never used such words in his life. He never played cruel jokes that would stir people’s hearts.
‘He was such a rigid person that I wondered if he even knew what a joke was.’
The current Logan Harper was almost the same as the past impression on the surface. But when he was alone with her, he was different.
He was more emotional than she imagined, and those emotions were mostly mischievous enough to make people angry and far from moral.
Therefore, he became trash a little earlier than in her past life.
‘Seriously, trash I wouldn’t touch even if it were given to me… How could he play with me while having another woman?’
The slight guilt she had toward him wavered. Anger overshadowed her remorse.
‘You think you alone hold the decision to break off the engagement.’
Since her personal intention to break off the engagement wouldn’t change anything. That’s why he’s playing with her like this.
A bad taste.
That hobby won’t last long.
‘Breaking off an engagement doesn’t necessarily have to be the will of the involved parties.’
There are countless unavoidable circumstances in the world.
For instance… if Logan had eloped with his lover in the past.
She wouldn’t have been able to marry him.
What use would it be for the bride to dress up and do her hair if there was no groom at the altar?
That would have meant a breakup.
If the current Logan, who is shameless and lacks integrity beyond imagination, has no intention of letting go of both rabbits, then Cecilia should create a similar situation herself.
‘A meeting with a lover.’
Cecilia should also meet a lover and make their romance public.
Of course, it would be problematic if the result disrupted her revenge. For instance, if her father punished her severely and kicked her out of the household, or if her lover clung to her instead.
If this happens, her plan to gradually rise from the bottom will collapse from its foundation.
Therefore, if there is a lover, that person must have significant status or wealth, enough for my father to consider him a worthy replacement for Logan, and he must be brave enough not to hinder my revenge.
Additionally, they should be in a contractual relationship that allows them to publicly declare their romantic relationship at any time to their mutual benefit.
‘This is…’
An unavoidable criterion, but too demanding. Even she felt it was an impossible barrier.
The conditions were no different from finding a business partner rather than a lover. Who would agree to such terms?
“…”
There was one suitable candidate.
Someone who shared a common enemy with her, already knew her dark intentions well, and with whom she could maintain a temporary romantic relationship that could be broken off at any time.
A relationship of mutual hatred and loathing.
However, Cecilia acknowledged his abilities, and he had personally experienced her schemes.
There was no better candidate for such a deal.
…She just didn’t want to do it.
Cecilia hesitated for a long time before writing the letter. Each time she wrote his name, she felt like vomiting and tore the name with her pen several times.
After wasting nine sheets of paper, she finally completed a decent letter. She handed it to Mary.
“Give this directly to the postman without going through anyone else.”
Mary, who had already become her loyal servant, immediately took the letter.
