He didn't sound as annoyed as she had hoped but he also sounded a lot less... Whatever he had been before she'd left. It was a shame he was going to come along rather than cut his evening short but maybe that was a good thing, at least a small part of her would wonder if he would be waiting when she returned. Order seemed to have been restored.

"Good." Generally satisfied with the turn of events, she lapsed into a silence that she hoped would last between them for the rest of the evening.

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