"I guess that's how it started, but it doesn't need to be anymore." He appreciated that she was concerned for him, but in truth doing the renovations by himself had just sort of happened.
His eyes widened when she mentioned wanting him to be a part of this--publicly. Anonymity had been something he'd insisted on at the beginning, not wanting Rita Skeeter to be able to make anything out of his donations to the house. The last thing he'd wanted then, and now, was more poor orphan Harry stories. Or something worse. He was sure Rita could come up with something worse.
But he got what she was saying, and it made sense. When she was done, he sighed. "All right. We'll do it your way." He gave her a smile to let her know he wasn't upset. "I want to be a part of it, and it's time I stopped hiding." It took him another moment to realize what she was suggesting, and he blinked. "You want me to be in charge of it? I don't know anything about this sort of thing..."