He thought for a moment he truly had been a bastard, as her pause before she spoke was really not like her. He did a double-take when she called him Massimo.
"Darling, is everything all right?" He pulled her away just a little from the throng heading to and from the pub. Something definitely wasn't right.
"It's Miles." He never thought he'd have to say that to her, of all people. "And of course I live here. Well, when I'm not at the Manor, but you knew that already."
He looked directly into her eyes. "Lettie," he said, being serious for once. "What's wrong? Where'd you disappear to? We've all been worried about you. Ginger, Verity and Montague. I think even Higgs asked about you."