The ladies take Ren's reaction as a bashful one. " Oh, My Lord, Lady Kaleena is so lucky."
"Dear Grizzie, please don't put the Lord in this position. " Penelope tried to stop Grizelda from daydreaming but she is sinking far deep in her fantasies.
"There might be some misunderstanding here, my ladies. Lady Kaleena and I are just acquaintances." Ren corrected. He doesn't need to deny it strongly but somehow he feels like it must be denied at all cost.
"You don't have to try so hard to conceal what is visible in everyone's eyes, but fear not my Lord, we will not utter a single word about this."
Ren let out an awkward laugh and finished his wine in one gulp.
'Somehow I cannot trust their words.' He thought. The lady's imagination is beyond Ren's capacity to understand. Surely, he made a gesture for them to misunderstand but when?