I thought the reason why he said "although were not engaged yet" was because hes still trying to win cinderella over and then propose to her...
I was thinking the same thing. It's prolly a misunderstanding among them bc Merrick (I think that's his name) would've said something beforehand instead of allowing his nephew to flirt with Cinderella
I thought the reason why he said "although were not engaged yet" was because hes still trying to win cinderella over and then propose to her...