He's a man, and won't stoop to bickering with a woman.
Anyway, she will become his wife, and he will be her husband.
What fiance, what Lucifer, to hell with them all.
Her man, from beginning to end, is him alone.
He was her first man, and will be the last.
Sophie just assumed he agreed, she looked at the man in black driving, "To the manor."
Then, she announced the manor's address.
...
The black convoy was intercepted at the manor entrance by the guards.
The guard looked at Sophie who got out of the car and respectfully said, "Miss Cecilia Branford."
Thomas Shannon got out of the car and came to her side, but the guard only gestured for Sophie, completely intending to keep Thomas Shannon outside the door.
This scene felt familiar.
In the past, outside Thomas Shannon's manor in Country A, this was exactly how he kept Lucifer outside the manor.
