"Not at all, Miss Woodcroft. My time is yours as long as you'd welcome it," He said. He did actually have to be somewhere but that could wait. The wizard he had been sent to deal with wasn't particularly in a rush to run away.

Thinking for a moment, Charles said with a casual tone; as if to play off his words, "Though I should eat before I do some work." He hinted. He didn't want to invite himself into her home for dinner.

Instead, he'd infer his invitation and hope she did it for him.

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