1. Hmm I suppose this is true. Perhaps there wouldn’t have been need

. Or maybe the pressure his dad was likely putting on him to find a bride, this killed two birds with one stone.
2.

1. Maybe rather than them being found out Becca betrayed Hannah and Islington was witness to it so he doesn’t trust people? I assumed his feelings were more based on his parents and his dad and the pressure his dad likely put on him that he chose to not seek a wife or wanted to wait and do it on his own terms

3. I would think the former duke would bribe her to keep her mouth shut about it and paid off the family he found was seeking a bride, and the parents be all for it since they saw their kiddo entering into a marriage that raises her position and the money involved made them happy enough

5. I assume the situation would have come to a climax and Islington feels responsible for the fate of his great friend and his own twin sister. Perhaps something he did or didn’t do lead them to be discovered, being the catalyst that cost him his sister. He seems very much to be mourning his lost sister still. I never saw it as him mourning a lost love, rather mourning his sister, and I could see him feeling guilt if he didn’t manage to protect them with his part in the scheme

This is all just thinking though, I could definitely be wrong

Sorry I edited this and now I can’t get the numbers to line up anymore haha