The previous alliance between the Wright Family and the Brightwill Family was premised upon equal social status, and it was beneficial for both parties. Now that this relationship has been severed, the emergence of the Hutchinson Family was a pleasant surprise for the Wright Family.
In their familial survival, marriages are mere sacrifices for potential gains. If you happen to find someone with emotional attachments, it's a blessing. Otherwise, you'd either continue to live a life of pretense or you keep some shady businesses on the side. After all, one has to live, and nobody has the right to interfere with another's life.
This is merely a norm for them.
Just as how death and war used to be norms for Erina Taylor.
Different worlds have different ways of living.
"I was just asking."
Regan Wright's expression darkened slightly. Some embarrassment was unavoidable; thus, he responded with indifference.
