"Then what was with the vicious rubbing of your arm?" he inquired, it was of concern if anything and while he didn't like the forced marriage if anything though if he had to be stuck with it at least he would try to work with it.
"Why don't we sit down and we can talk?" he inquired, thinking it would give them a nice segue to the topic if anything and the spilled flowers could be cleaned up later too if you asked him.