Adrian's smile melted into a genuine grin at her small gesture and any confusion he might have had went out the window.
"Perfect?" His grin turned cocky, "You witches are going to give me an ego one of these days, let me tell you," he thought back briefly to Susan telling him he was attractive, that he was ridiculous to think otherwise. "I'm sorry you're not feeling dinner, but I am absolutely not letting you go home to deal with toys and backpacks for tomorrow and all of that until we've had at least a bottle of wine." To get through a summer, with twins and as a single parent, and then to organize on behalf of Hogwarts the way she did... Alicia deserved at least a bottle of wine tonight.