Even if she was still young, Lana had already had her fair share of failed relationships. It made it difficult to give into the charms of any man really. And due to how she had a connection with Jerry and even he had already not called her back... well... it made it hard not to be so guarded.
But conversations about "work" were a good neutral point. There were no pressures to be interested or interesting. Just casual, comfortable conversation between two people who just happened to be of the opposite sex.
"Hell hath no fury...," she started, showing she got where he was going with this. Leaning against one of her hands, she seemed genuinely interested as a waitress came up and asked for her drink order, momentarily snagging her attention from Dean.