"I have no reason to hide." The response was just on the verge of being snapped but restrained enough. He didn't. He'd been honest with Cathy because she was open minded enough for him to be. So he didn't confess past thoughts and sins to friends. They didn't need to know.
He'd said it right before. No one knew him enough to make assumptions about what was right and what wasn't for him. But Eve had known him long enough to know a few of the inner workings of his mind, why he did what he did, several points of which she'd just nailed.
"I'm assuming the firm is picking up the tab for this. Be kind of cheap to have a meeting and leave me with the check."