Closer at hand, Pryce. Her smile was warmer to him, and a good deal more relaxed. It had been frightfully entertaining - that day when she had showed up for her first day of “work” and allowed herself to be introduced to the young junior assistant in the office. Her eyes had held no flicker of recognition when she demurely greeted “Mr. Hir” despite the evenings that had passed between them, and she liked it that way. Now they worked in the same office and she was free to be friendly to him in public. It was all so routine, the games they played.
