Chapter 7 - 6: Fake Love!
In any case, the matter of the blind date was settled between the two of them.
Although Haruno felt a strange discomfort knowing Roland didn’t genuinely want to marry her, it actually suited her purposes.
After all, if she were to marry Roland, the burden of future arranged marriages would likely fall on her kid sister Yuki.
Haruno didn’t want that to happen. She wanted her younger sister to find her own "true happiness, her man".
That’s why she had been conflicted when she first heard Roland was coming for the arranged marriage. On one hand, her mother had given her a non-negotiable order to secure Roland. On the other hand, with Yuki to consider, she didn’t want to rush into a blind date with marriage as it earliest destination.
The best solution was a fake engagement. This would satisfy her mother’s demands while allowing them to secretly continue their own pursuits. It seemed like the perfect solution, didn’t it?
And so, this pair of to be couple reach their ambiguous relationship—neither entirely good nor entirely bad—reached a rare consensus.
They would stage a grand performance, a drama titled "Fake Love."
And what was the most crucial element of acting?
That’s right—acting skills.
"Alright, now that we’ve finished discussing serious matters, come help your sister put on her stockings." Haruno had already changed into casual clothes. She sat casually on the edge of the bed, crossed her long, snow-white, and alluring legs, and gestured for Roland to come help her put on the stockings.