(Author's POV)
"I heard she's been divorced before."
"She has."
The room went quiet. Jasper kept his expression neutral, but his mind was moving quickly. Phineas - the man that half their social circle had privately speculated about for years, the one who had never once been linked to anyone, who moved through every function and dinner and event completely untouched - had gotten married. To a divorced woman. Today.
Eleanor was sitting to William's left. She hadn't spoken yet. Her hands were wrapped around a teacup, and Jasper noticed her fingers press slightly tighter against the ceramic.
William leaned forward. "You went off and married some divorced woman without a word to anyone in this family. Do you understand what that looks like? You're dragging the Everett name-"
"Into what,
