Scarlett sighed dramatically at his suggestion, shaking her head. "Well texting boys and shopping with Kenz obviously seemed more fun at the time. Maybe I didn't realize you were exciting enough to dip into the hidden stash of the good stuff," she teased, still keeping things light though there was some truth to it.
She shouldn't have been surprised by his question, and yet she was. She stood up fully, leaning against the buffet behind the desk. "Mum and dad wanted to be able to boink whenever they want without worrying about my comings and goings," she told him rather bluntly. They'd not told her that, of course, but she assumed that was part of it. "There might have been something about encouraging responsibility or some such thing," she added a beat later, conceding that there was more to it.