“If you’re the second male lead, then act like one and spend your whole life loving someone alone until you die of old age!”
Unable to hold back my anger, I shouted loudly while thinking of Andrew’s arrogant face.
“You seriously fail at being a second male lead, Andrew!”
I still hated Andrew.
Even now, I still hated him, and I probably always would.
And the reason I was so furious at Andrew was…
“Because I’m the fiancée of that damned second male lead!”
That’s right. My name is Amy Nella.
I’m twenty years old this year, and I’m the fiancée of the cursed Andrew Erteisha.
‘Now that I think about it, this is ridiculous too. What kind of engaged couple only goes on a date once every two months? Not even once a week.’
What a pathetic girl with no pride or dignity. She did not even realize that Andrew only treated her kindly in front of Idelia to impress his teacher, and she just happily smiled beside him.
‘And that pathetic girl was me.’
Ah, how embarrassing. Just thinking about how other people must have looked at me desperately trying to gain Andrew’s attention beside him gives me a headache.
‘I was a daughter loved almost like a princess in the Nella Marquis family.’
And yet, in front of Andrew, I had lived worse than even a maid.
‘No wonder my family never liked me meeting Andrew very much.’
Well, back then, I kept insisting that I would die without Andrew, so they probably allowed the engagement because of that…
Still, continuing to live as the fiancée of the male lead’s younger brother was truly miserable.
For me, and for the people who genuinely loved me.
Honestly, I could not be more grateful that I regained the memories of my previous life.
Until now, I could never admit that I was not Andrew’s first priority, but now that all my memories had returned…
It was time to accept that I was second place.
After the blindfold over my eyes was finally removed, all the unfair things I had ignored until now began becoming clear one after another.
Feeling irritated, I decided to change our meeting place first.
Thinking about it, I remembered that after meeting Andrew, I had stopped eating fish dishes.
It happened during the first meal Andrew and I had together after our engagement.
After seeing the fish dish placed on my plate, he deliberately asked for a bite.
‘It smells fishy. Why do people even enjoy eating this? I seriously can’t understand.’
And then he said those words to me.
‘I hate fish. Don’t ever think about coming to a place like this with me again.’
Because of that, whenever I ate with Andrew afterward, I always matched his tastes.
We always went to restaurants that mainly served steak or roasted poultry.
Of course, it was the same whenever I invited him to our mansion.
‘Not only that, I stopped eating seafood even when I wasn’t meeting Andrew.’
Andrew’s senses were much sharper than ordinary people’s. I was terrified that he might smell even the slightest lingering fishy scent from me that I had failed to wash away.
Because of that, I completely changed my eating habits.
It had already been nearly two years.
‘It’s time to stop doing such stupid things.’
Thinking that, I reserved a restaurant famous for seafood dishes.
“Mary, cancel the reservation at the previous restaurant. Instead, make a lunch reservation today at the restaurant on 12 Belongs Street. I’m going there with Andrew. Also send a notice to the Erteisha family about the location change.”
“Yes, understood, Miss.”
But as always, Andrew’s insanity was one step beyond mine.
‘…Why isn’t he coming?’
Looking at the empty seat across from me even after a long time had passed, I frowned.
‘My patience is starting to reach its limit.’
It felt like I had already been waiting for over thirty minutes, yet there was still no sign of him.
‘Damn Andrew.’
I cursed Andrew inwardly.
I had told Mary early in the morning to inform him, so it was impossible that he did not know the location had changed.
‘Ah, well, this is nothing new. Andrew has always been like this.’
Only then did I remember something I had almost forgotten because I had not met him much lately.
Andrew was an expert at canceling or delaying plans with me.
‘It’s not like we even had dates that often.’
No matter how I thought about it, even meeting me, his fiancée, once every two months must have felt annoying and bothersome to him.
‘…I’m hungry.’
It felt like my stomach was growling.
Well, it was natural since I had missed lunch.
Just then, a server carefully approached me and asked,
“Your companion seems to be late. Shall we serve your course first, Young Lady?”
“It’s alright. He’ll be here soon. Just bring me a cup of tea first.”
Pretending that nothing was wrong, I straightened my back and answered calmly.
“Yes, understood.”
I picked up the teacup the server brought and slowly sipped the black tea.
The fragrance of the tea seemed to calm my mind a little.
Before regaining my memories, even if Andrew arrived several hours late, I would still stubbornly stay in my seat and wait only for him.
Compared to that, thirty minutes was nothing.
‘More importantly, I really want to see Andrew show up without knowing anything, then get upset because he can’t properly enjoy his meal.’
I had always been the one suffering.
Before breaking off the engagement, I planned to make him suffer for once.
Just imagining it filled me with a strange sense of anticipation.
