After taking a sip, Mark set down his glass and locked eyes with me, smiling as he said, "June, I want to thank you for choosing a penniless guy like me. A highborn girl like you, most people would think you'd be better suited with someone like Wesley. But you chose me instead. I love you for that." But I noticed that Mark had mentioned Wesley multiple times today.

It gave me a strange feeling that he cared a lot about Wesley, as if his whole life had been a competition against him. So ...