Behind her mask, she raised an eyebrow. "Now what could I have done to deserve a personal invitation from Bruce Wayne?" Her question was rhetorical. "But thank you. My secretary was quite dazzled by your call, so much so that she answered the invitation for me."
She sipped her champagne. "I apologise for not replying personally. I haven't seen my parents in quite a while, and they planned the trip many months ago for my birthday," she told him. "It happily coincided with a business trip, which I'm sure you can imagine happens infrequently. But I must admit it's comforting to be back in a country with more temperate weather conditions."