In the Garden of May

“It’s summer, after all. At most, they will all wither away after a single season.”

“I swear to God, even if it kills me, I will never be the first to say I love you.”

After the death of her parents, all that awaited Vanessa was a massive debt and an unwanted marriage.

To ruin the engagement, she needed a scandal, and the 'gardener' Theodore, who just so happened to appear before her, was simply the perfect partner for it.

That was all there was to it.