She was alone, having been abandoned by her conversation partner, and Tiberius wondered irritably where Cassius was. How did he intend to woo her if he left her to stand around looking awkward for half of the weekend?

She was looking around the room, though, and he didn't want her to catch him looking at her. She might feel obliged to try and talk to him, and he didn't want to have to deal with that. Shifting his attention to the door, Tiberius stalked out of the room to see whether he could figure out where his idiot cousin had gone.