The Aftermath of Having My Engagement Called Off, Even Though I Was Never Engaged

"Lady Adrienne Cantroube! I apologize for the suddenness, but I wish to break off our engagement! The reason is... I like men!" "You have the wrong person." At a party hosted by the Marquis de Levesius, Lady Adeline Cambrive found herself the target of a sudden, public declaration of a broken engagement, addressed to someone else entirely. The rumor spread like wildfire, earning her humiliating nicknames like "the lady whose engagement was broken despite never having one" and "the noblewoman who lost her man to another man." A few days later, Fevan, the very man who had caused the scene, showed up and proposed marriage. Adeline refused, telling him, "I won't marry someone just because they feel responsible," but he refused to give up...