He means that, and the smile he summons up for her is an honest and gentle one. Break has no reason to have her over for his own sake when he's at her place several times a week. But Lysithea is closer to his kids in age than she is to him, and he'd been hoping they might get on well. Learning that the pale Alice in particular is talking freely with strangers is all it takes to make him feel justified in that wish.
"You're certain you need to leave?" he asks, knowing full well that she does and why, but manners are manners. "We've guest rooms, if you'd rather."
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He means that, and the smile he summons up for her is an honest and gentle one. Break has no reason to have her over for his own sake when he's at her place several times a week. But Lysithea is closer to his kids in age than she is to him, and he'd been hoping they might get on well. Learning that the pale Alice in particular is talking freely with strangers is all it takes to make him feel justified in that wish.
"You're certain you need to leave?" he asks, knowing full well that she does and why, but manners are manners. "We've guest rooms, if you'd rather."