Astoria's heart skipped a beat at his words. He was actually considering what her mother had mentioned? That was not good for her, but the only saving grace was that he was making it sound like they fake it. "You want to pretend to go along with this?" She asked a bit skeptically. "You realize that we'll have to basically actually be engaged, go to functions and get togethers as a pair, and generally do everything we would do if it were real?"
"I'll be honest, I have no interest in being married any time soon, but if you think we can pull this off without getting trapped into actually getting married, I would consider it." She was worried, not only about how getting into this might lead her to being trapped in it, but at how Justin would react to it, as well as everyone else. It would mean less freedom for herself as well. She would have to keep up appearances, but he had a point that it would get her mother off her back, at least for a time.