Reinholdt/Vivi/Open - Founders Play
She listened politely as he went on about the so-called latest fashions and sipped her drink. The story would probably be more believable had she not known exactly where the horrid waist coat had come from; honestly, why he insisted upon wearing them every year was quite beyond her comprehension.
"I'm quite well," she replied. "And I'm sure that had I come with someone, they would be hard-pressed to upstage me. I do clean up rather well, after all." She graced him with a small smile. "Alas, people have a tendency to talk, and I do try to stay out of the gossip."