"Whenever they did I pretended it was mine," Audrey assured him. That was the sort of thing a good wife did--protecting her husband from his mates' knowing he still had a stuffed toy from childhood, even if it meant she'd gotten the piss taken out of her for still having one.
Of course, Owen had very nearly put a gaping hole in that defense the other day. She wasn't entirely sure if her brother had been being intentionally dense or just trying to lighten the mood.