"It was more the way he said it," she murmured. "He said he hadn't realized he was signing up for drinks and sex, like..." She shook her head. He'd never been contemptuous of her before, but for a brief moment as he'd said that, he had been.

"He didn't want to go home with me, and he said he doesn't date coworkers, so I can't imagine why he went out with me in the first place if both of those things are true, that's all."