Lila's gaze remained calm as she silently considered Xyla's words.

She didn't respond right away, so Xyla continued, "You seem close to Ms. Joyce. I was wondering if I could ask-why didn't the arranged marriage between their families go through? Would you mind sitting down for a bit at that cafe over there?"

Lila met Xyla's eyes. Aside from curiosity, there wasn't much emotion in them.

But she didn't nod.

Instead, she simply said, "I don't know much about it, so don't overthink things, Ms. Zimmerman. The two of them probably didn't move forward with it because their personalities and values were not aligning."

Xyla frowned slightly. "Personalities and values?"

Lila wasn't about to go into too much detail, so she kept her answer vague. "You've spent time with Vince, so you should know he's easygoing, polite, and respectful.

"He treats people with kindness and carries a strong sense of responsibility. As for Ame... she's always been free-spirited and used to doing things her way.

"Marriage was never something she wanted. One values stability and the other craves freedom. Naturally, their ideals didn't match."

Xyla listened, deep in thought.

It made sense.

But to Xyla, it all felt a little too surface-level. Was it that simple?

Still, Lila had made her stance clear.

After a brief pause, Xyla asked, "So, it was Ms. Joyce who didn't want the engagement?"

but noncommittal. "I don't know

"Got it. Thank you

chuckled lightly, then said goodbye and

the passenger seat,

think she was telling the truth? Amelia is

reliable. But whether

If we got married, even if he

"But a marriage based on respect

Neither of them

got into her car, then suddenly remembered a flower shop not far

with delicate complementary blooms, and waited as

bet.

parking area, a

"Matthew."

was wearing a black baseball cap

flowers in her arms, he asked,

I got them for

smile, like the brightest

seemed

memories of marriage were nothing but

out on each other, and when that wasn't enough,

filled with bruises, leaving him deeply skeptical about love and

after meeting Lila and

relationship was, he realized that marriage didn't have

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