darling sister!
❝ oh, but why would i want anyone else? you’re my big brother, the most important man in my life! i just had to have him ask you. ❞ there is nothing truly genuine about her smile now —— all sugary-sweet politeness & maliciousness wrapped up in a pretty red bow. ❝ john thought it was such a lovely idea, too! i barely even had to convince him. ❞
john’s a lovely man, truly: he’s polite, charming, rich, and an idiot —— he hadn’t thought twice about accepting the idea, though she’s well-aware that he thought it simply a sister adoring her elder brother. he wouldn’t know, he couldn’t know, and it made it all the sweeter. she can feel ares’ sarcasm as keenly as she can hear it, and it only edges her on. ❝ you did say yes, didn’t you? ❞
❛ oh nonsense! you’ve got two of these very important brothers. you’re going to break poor matias’ heart. ❜ ah, he places so little effort in those unconvincing words. the outcome is the same; ending in vain. & sure enough the hideousness of her intentions are etched on her expression, so he drops his own facade. must they engage in these times? he is so tired, having lost all desire to beat her. let her have her cake! —— and choke on it.
were the circumstances different, he supposes he would have an ounce of pity to spare for the poor bastard at the end of that aisle. bumbling, well-intended. briar emanated ambition, yet for some reason she sought a thrill in manipulating the helpless. he doesn’t bother to feign his disgust, eyes brimming & burning with unbounded hatred for her pretty porcelain face, that he would oh so love to break. ❛ but of course, i already said i would. in fact, i wouldn’t miss it for the world. anything for you, sweetheart. ❜
















