"You claimed to be in love with the clock maker, quite adamantly. You even pushed me aside for him you were so strong in your feelings", he corrected her and then tapped his palm. "And it doesn't count to say it's been a year when you'd been seeing someone not two months ago." He wanted to laugh that he'd left her, but he more wanted to kill the guy for hurting her. Yeah it didn't make sense, but just because he hated her choices didn't mean he truly wanted her to be hurt. He admitted he hurt her anyway, but it wasn't the same thing.

"Fancy place here, how long have you known each other? A month? I mean, if you wanted money so badly, we could have stayed home and had dad marry you off to that geezer. He was rich too."