So Mother did not see Macmillan has the ideal situation for Tatiana. Then who....?
If Valerian had not looked over at that exact moment, it might have gone right over his head. However, there was no mistaking the message she was intending to convey with her expression, and then it hit him.
"You are implying that I ought to marry Tatiana." It was a statement, not a question.
In truth, Valerian was not vehemently opposed to the prospect, if only because it would allow him to escape the pressure to marry that he would undoubtedly face in the next few years. But then again, Valerian had never considered women period, not unless he was evaluating them as colleagues or confidants. His own lack of attraction towards the female sex was not lost on him—but neither was the importance of marrying and having children. The two were not mutually exclusive.
But Tatiana had chosen Macmillan—or he had chosen her, and she had not argued. Surely if she had desired him as a husband she would have made a gender-appropriate advance.
"And do you think that is... wise?" His brows conveyed what his tone did not: uncertainty, surprise, slight amusement.
If Valerian had not looked over at that exact moment, it might have gone right over his head. However, there was no mistaking the message she was intending to convey with her expression, and then it hit him.
"You are implying that I ought to marry Tatiana." It was a statement, not a question.
In truth, Valerian was not vehemently opposed to the prospect, if only because it would allow him to escape the pressure to marry that he would undoubtedly face in the next few years. But then again, Valerian had never considered women period, not unless he was evaluating them as colleagues or confidants. His own lack of attraction towards the female sex was not lost on him—but neither was the importance of marrying and having children. The two were not mutually exclusive.
But Tatiana had chosen Macmillan—or he had chosen her, and she had not argued. Surely if she had desired him as a husband she would have made a gender-appropriate advance.
"And do you think that is... wise?" His brows conveyed what his tone did not: uncertainty, surprise, slight amusement.
