Seamus wasn't entirely conscious of the way his face relaxed into an expression of relief. Obviously mixing friendship and sex and feelings was a recipe for disaster. Any two out of the three could work together, but all three was always going to cause trouble as far as Seamus could tell. Susan might be confused, but at least she was still sensible.
"Maybe you're just getting over it?" he suggested, not realising until it was too late that his words weren't the most delicate. "Maybe it was just coincidence that it was Eddie." That would be good, wouldn't it? If Susan had managed to get back to a place where she wasn't so wary?