{She hates to break the mood now that he's back to being so happy, but she steels herself anyway, stiffening in his embrace.}
Just Ella--Pleasedontbemad! She told me about her plants. I told her that I could hear you. Not all the details. And she doesn't know about the progress we've made. But I won't bring it up with her again if you like.
{She hasn't let him go but her embrace is loose, just in case.}