Re: The Happy Couple
She liked making him laugh. It was a reminder that there could be some sort good in all of this. "I'm sure you have enough people calling you that, surely you need some sort of respite."
"She could have picked a shorter menu, but then people would talk." As if they weren't talking already. "It's better to outshine, at least in this instance." Andromeda could understand it, at least she thought she could. For a woman with little control over a decision of an event such as this, Pansy would make sure nothing could reflect badly on her or her family.
"I suppose we could be kind," Andromeda acquiesced. Just as much as this marriage was politics, showing one's face was one as well. "And Bella will want this marriage consummated sooner rather than later. If asked directly, I'm sure we could claim we're just following her wishes."