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"I won't give you a dime so no one wants to marry you."
"I call you useless every time we meet."
"Now that you're a spinster and I have a lucrative business deal, rejoice! I finally have a use for your worthless life."
F- off with that noise. You built her to never expect anything coming her way so she was prepared to be a very successful governess so she wasn't on the streets where you expected her to be. Now, accepting Dalton's feelings will be more about escaping your plan than her actual feelings.
This is the type of man who doesn't want to see a woman succeed. He'll let any blueblood woman better her family name aka the man she's attached to but anyone else is just an NPC. If my dad ever said any crap like this when I was growing up or even up until now, he would be buried in the backyard (unlikely, since I was the first granddaughter on his side so he liked to brag to his brothers that it took a real man to "make indoor plumbing." Yay, girl dads.)