Her? Oh. That made his eyebrows creep up into his hairline. Her, really? So. Well. Interesting. It changed the dynamic, didn't it?

But he was getting ahead of himself, because it really didn't change anything at all. She'd said herself that friends could be attracted to friends, so it didn't mean anything, for him either.

He could deal with things in those terms.

She finally got a real smile out of him, both relieved and embarrassed, as he finally nodded in understanding. "It sounds fair. I'm glad we could come to this arrangement." Not that he'd let it happen again, mind you.

Mmm, food. His appetite was back.