In the novel Theodore went away, arranging massive business ventures connecting to the south and his cousin (I think) asked him why would he go through such length in making all of it happen just to make Somerset the wealthiest house in the south if he doesn't plan on marrying Vanessa. Theodore explains it as a reward for her as a summer he enjoyed all in all and as a parting gift and when they meet again it will be a calm moment for her not to be shocked when she discovers his real status in the future. All while Vanessa waits for him and he returns late from the date he promised her. She sulks that he should've come back a day later, Theodore flirted back and said then he was glad to arrive before her deadline or she would've moved on from him then he invited her to the garden house and gave her the gifts that were lost for the twins last time, a blue dress, and a big blue diamond necklace for her to use at the boat party she's supposed to attend later on, she refused it at first, but then she decided that if he plans to give her gifts it can be books, flowers, or letters that is better than expensive materials. She attends the party in hopes of locating the past legal attorney who handled her deceased father's will and a man that's her past school mate came to her and had a memory trip that the boys in their school had a mutual agreement about her that she is an inviolable territory because they once saw her with one boy who confessed to her, she flinched and walked away they thought if the most handsome guy in their school is not up for her standard then what about their faces she was flattered because she recalled it as everyone tried not to approach her because of her issue with poverty and her family, but it seems otherwise she clutches her necklace nervously and the man's blood was drained from his face when he realized that the necklace she was wearing was the mermaid's tear, a signature masterpiece symbol of the Demuire's company that is owned by the Batenberg so when he looked at Vanessa who was clueless about it he was pitiful and concerned for her and advised her to brace for what could happen.
In the novel Theodore went away, arranging massive business ventures connecting to the south and his cousin (I think) asked him why would he go through such length in making all of it happen just to make Somerset the wealthiest house in the south if he doesn't plan on marrying Vanessa. Theodore explains it as a reward for her as a summer he enjoyed all in all and as a parting gift and when they meet again it will be a calm moment for her not to be shocked when she discovers his real status in the future. All while Vanessa waits for him and he returns late from the date he promised her. She sulks that he should've come back a day later, Theodore flirted back and said then he was glad to arrive before her deadline or she would've moved on from him then he invited her to the garden house and gave her the gifts that were lost for the twins last time, a blue dress, and a big blue diamond necklace for her to use at the boat party she's supposed to attend later on, she refused it at first, but then she decided that if he plans to give her gifts it can be books, flowers, or letters that is better than expensive materials. She attends the party in hopes of locating the past legal attorney who handled her deceased father's will and a man that's her past school mate came to her and had a memory trip that the boys in their school had a mutual agreement about her that she is an inviolable territory because they once saw her with one boy who confessed to her, she flinched and walked away they thought if the most handsome guy in their school is not up for her standard then what about their faces she was flattered because she recalled it as everyone tried not to approach her because of her issue with poverty and her family, but it seems otherwise she clutches her necklace nervously and the man's blood was drained from his face when he realized that the necklace she was wearing was the mermaid's tear, a signature masterpiece symbol of the Demuire's company that is owned by the Batenberg so when he looked at Vanessa who was clueless about it he was pitiful and concerned for her and advised her to brace for what could happen.