The elopement thing I think with them being nobles would mean a marriage of love instead of convenience.
So her confessing to the duke was probably him testing her cause he doesn’t believe she would say she loved the duke cause of her beliefs which she’s kinda open about that being she doesn’t really love anyone/she doesn’t need love in a marriage/and that nobles always get married without love
the duke also heard her at the start of the series complaining to her friend that she doesn’t really believe in marriage for love and that all she wants is money so the duke thinks she’s only saying she loves him cause he’s let her known before that he believes in love so he thinks she’s using his feelings towards her against him.
But that’s what I took from that scene I hope I’m not wrong lol
Um can someone explain to me what the duke exactly meant about the whole "elopement" thing? Or what the whole "elopement" thing even was? Like, her views and his reaction etc? (I couldn't really really understand what the reason for the breakup(?) was TvT)