A look of confusion crossed her face, and she made no effort to conceal it. It was an evasive, if not outright ominous answer—definitely too much so to let it slide without question. She did not want to push, or pry, or do anything that would anger him into cutting off the relationship with Elliott she'd gone to great lengths to help cultivate, but his comment, combined with her initial gut instinct that something was not quite right, drove her to her next comment.
"You must be aware of how worrying that sounds," she said, making a conscious effort to keep her tone soft and unthreatening. Her hand remained on the doorknob, but made no move to turn it.
"You must be aware of how worrying that sounds," she said, making a conscious effort to keep her tone soft and unthreatening. Her hand remained on the doorknob, but made no move to turn it.
