"Well then," Geoff muttered under his breath. "See if I ever try to give you any sort of compliment ever again." That was what he got for attempting to be nice. He'd always thought that it was underrated.
Owen flicked a glance at Demelza before turning his smirk back onto Chambers. "Vaguely." School. Less than an hour before at her flat. It was the same thing, really.
Adrian, for his part, was just confused. Keeping his mouth shut was safer.