Koen, however, also noticed that something was amiss. He looked around the hall before turning to look at Penelope, whose arm was looking as if it was about to fall off.
He asked her, "Penelope, tell the truth what happened? Did you do something you were not supposed to do again?"
Penelope felt cornered, as she was being stared at by countless people who were beneath her. These people, whom she didn't even put in her eyes, were actually looking at her pitiful state when they should have been filled with envy when Nicolai placed that ring on her finger.
She then said to Keon, "Can we talk about this later on–we First, we need to finish this ceremony."
She had gone through so much trouble all because she wished to trap Nicolai into a solemn relationship with her, which he couldn't escape.
