Ha! All the women he had a crush on are married and having kids.

He is their biggest fanboy.

Given to him so easily? Did y'all forget how he blitzed through the academy and hasn't actively been a fuck up?
Such a sweet moment.

Misha was the one surprised.

One of these days these murder happy mls will actually stab their girl, not kill them this is still a romance genre after all, unless she's looping of course, but somebody will go through with it for the sake of drama.

About to be paying up some compensation?

Sweet brother.

Can't be engaged to him if he's dead.

Well if the reason is money, then they should jump for joy at the change.

Oh thank goodness it wasn't the pea soup jacket. Seriously, you were just saying how you wanted to learn his preferences and immediately decided to ignore them.

Ugh ick, someone please hurry up and assassinate him.

Ok, that's a good twist. It was not the royal family getting involved to cause her trouble on behalf of the asshats, but instead buying the area for a generous sum because of general bureaucracy.

MEOW

Small, nonthreatening, good ears.

Tsk tsk, breaking the contract already. The miss will have to discipline you.

Well, not quite at first sight, but first verbal beat down.

What brave peasants.

Oh look at the little guy trying to be a lil baby Pell.

Ain't this the thot that was fucking her fiance?

I completely missed that flashback on first read through. But yeah, why would she only remember the hair? The hair as it appeared in the light of a sunset specifically.