Victor was surprised that this question even needed to be asked. Miss Dempsey had piqued his interest, but she was hardly so special that he felt inclined to rush to the altar, and risk both of their reputations to some extent in the process. "Courtship, of course," he said definitively. "Gives some time for any red flags to come out of the woodwork before I've really committed to it. I haven't said anything to mother yet," he added; the unspoken request attached was so don't you bring it up either.
Fabulous set by Lady!