NOISE POLLUTION PROJECT (2)

"I'M SURE you don't wish to be married this early, Neoma."

Neoma smiled and nodded. "Of course, marriage isn't my top priority at the moment."

"What are you planning then?" Nero asked, sighing while shaking his head. "Father and Mother are very protective of you. I'm sure it won't be easy to convince them to let you announce that you're looking for a husband."

"Don't you think it's unfair?"

"What is?"

"The fact that our parents allowed you to get engaged early, but they wouldn't do the same to me."

She wasn't trying to provoke Nero.

All she wanted to check was the current state of his mental health.

[I don't want him to feel that Mother and Father favor me over him.]

"I was the one who pushed my engagement with Hanna," Nero said, scoffing at her worries. "Mother and Father both told me I didn't have to get married. I know what you're worried about, so stop with the useless thoughts."