Sili didn't admit or refuse. In order not to contradict his face, he politely contacted Alice several times
of course, another reason is that his foundation was not stable at that time. In order to prevent Alice from being wooed by Carter, he didn't do too much
in fact, he has already made other plans, and marriage can only be regarded as the next strategy
in order to protect Bill's dignity as a father, he didn't say Bill's means, just secretly arranged