Axel smiled crookedly but faintly, he didn't show it openly.
"The wedding date has been set. Alice has prepared everything, ordered this and that, and all the needs of the party. But a week before the event actually took place I canceled the wedding. Alice agreed, my parents agreed, but she forbade me to meet her parents. She said she would explain herself to her parents." Axel started to tell the truth, Anna just listened without much comment.