"Talk about the engagement?" he asked.
Eleanor nodded slightly. "Yes... My parents told me to let you know what we're going to do about the engagement since we're adults now."
Hearing her words, Theos pondered for a few seconds in total silence, before answering with a smile. "Let's break the engagement."
...
Silence reigned in the room, even the falling of a needle, had it been there, could have been heard by every person.
"What?" she asked with a forced smile.
"What you heard, let's break the engagement, first of all, we don't love each other, and secondly, I already love a woman... Or more than one woman", this last part he said in a voice so low that not even Eleanor could hear, but it did not impede for her fury to burst out.
"Well... Very well," she repeated with a face full of anger, subsequently turning to walk away.
But halfway she stopped, a few seconds passed and then she turned again to Theos and declared:
