"It's simply protocol. You're already of age but I know you'll like to finish college first so I'll let you do that. But you have to start courting now so you can get to know him better."
Sirena liked boys, but she also liked girls. Of late, she began to understand her sexuality. She was bisexual.
The worst part is that no one knew and they didn't even care to know. They were just going to force her to get married to some man?
"What if I say I don't want to get married now, father?"
"Can't you do this one thing once for this old man?"
"Dad, you can do whatever you want. I don't see why you need me as a pawn. I'm your daughter for crying out loud."
"We need to bind with another company and form a merger so you have to get married to their younger son since the eldest isn't interested. It's merely transactional but since we don't want you to get married to a stranger, we've decided that courting him starting from now is better."