Chapter 52 (1/2)

Even if the chastity contract is broken, I’m still not going to marry.

However, that was that. It was a totally different thing to say it herself. Thatcher scanned her up and down with a disgusted gaze. It was a totally different attitude than the one he’d seen when she came to hand in her manuscript.

“That man, does he know that you bring out a notebook at the most random times?”

“Of course.”

“Oof, he really does have a strange taste.”

Wasn’t he a pervert? A man who could accept Vivian just the way she is would not be a normal person. Thatcher sincerely considered whether to approve or disapprove of this relationship.

“Well, that’s that. What are you supposed to do when you first start dating?”

“Why are you asking me? Perdie, the greatest of all.”

“Because I don’t know a lot about actual dating. If you’re being sarcastic, I’m not giving the next manuscript to you.”

“Ask me anything.”

Thatcher rubbed his chin as though he fell into thought for a brief moment. At the beginning of a relationship, dates were the answer to her question. Because it was the process of them getting to know each other, it was better to visit as many places and share as many conversations as they can together.

Of course, Thatcher himself had never dated normally either. It was because the majority of his efforts involved the seduction of a lady and have sex with them. However, in order to receive Vivian’s manuscript as smoothly as possible, he used what little knowledge he had to plan a date for Vivian.

“I heard that during the Spring Festival, the Central Palace’s Garden would be open. There are a lot of cafés and dessert shops nearby as well. Since you have a lot of money, it would be good to go watch a play, opera, or a ballet concert as well. And when it gets dark, why don’t you flip a wish coin into the garden fountain and kiss.”

Kiss, she’d already done it. Vivian recalled that day and her face filled with expectations. “For something that Thatcher is teaching me, it’s rather dry.”

What is she spouting? How can she consider whether or not the dating course was dry despite never being in a relationship before? Thatcher looked at her with a gaze filled with absurdity as he listened to her act as though she held the entire world in her palm.