"Consequences," Fantine repeated, her tone going firm. "I will not have my daughter the subject of lewd gossip or stupid attempts to blacken my name." Hell hath no fury. She'd briefed the man Lo very clearly on that.
She did calm herself, though, blushing. "You also ... I care too much about your well-being to have you dragged through mud on my behalf. I suppose it is a sore subject."