"When you put it like that, I'd sound like a monster if I said yes, wouldn't I?" she fired back, voice warm and pleasant. She wasn't looking to argue with him. The cards had been dealt.
"I want to spend however long we have with a man who was chosen for me. It has nothing to do with living a lie." A tilt of the head as she considered him. "Or is it because I'm so much older than you that we could possibly ever be friendly?"