By the time he got out of the lake, his white linen really was leaving very little to the imagination. He didn’t particularly care while with his fiancée on his own land, and he would’ve offered Ashley his coat regardless.
He gathered up their discarded clothes, and would just carry them back to the house.
At her mention of an engagement party he gave her a bit of a perplexed look. “No... I didn’t know there was such a... oh no, was I meant to have organised for you?” He had to have looked a little worried, hoping that he hadn’t made her feel slighted or upset by his lack of party hosting.