Sogo Doma had not lied. He had indeed anticipated the current situation.
Shizuka Hiratsuka's appearance was highly deceptive. When anyone met her for the first time, they would never label her a heavy drinker, a violent person, a smoker, or a chuuni manga fanatic. A mature beauty who was gentle and intelligent—this was absolutely the first impression Shizuka Hiratsuka gave people!
Logically speaking, as long as Shizuka Hiratsuka put up even the slightest pretense, she would not have ended up nearing thirty without even succeeding at a matchmaking date, unable to find someone to marry. Yet she had somehow turned herself into an older single woman, and in her only romantic relationship, she had even run into a scumbag con artist who cheated her out of money but not her body...
Sogo Doma had once found this secretly astonishing, but now—through the surveillance monitor, he watched Shizuka Hiratsuka not only ruin his setup, but also skillfully light a cigarette in front of Taihei. Sogo Doma confirmed one hypothesis: although this old woman, Shizuka Hiratsuka, was desperate to get married, she had her own pride as well!
Of course, he had considered this possibility too. However, in Sogo Doma's view, it was not a problem. Shizuka Hiratsuka's true personality might give other people a headache, but for Taihei Doma, whose tolerance was MAX and who possessed quite the spirit of self-sacrifice, she was exactly his type!
Still, compared with Shizuka Hiratsuka, a woman as dense and straightforward as steel, Taihei Doma was actually a seemingly gentle, warm-hearted man who understood absolutely nothing about romance!
Though she had been deceived, Shizuka Hiratsuka had at least experienced a relationship before. Taihei Doma, however, had been single since birth. He was indeed gentle, and he could indeed give others warmth, but he simply did