Astoria laughed incredulously. 'Weird' was an understatement. "I suppose I understand your apprehension now."
"Yes. I think you just caught me by surprise." She grinned at Katie, trying not to betray anything. Nothing was alright. Not really. But there was no way in hell that she was going to let on to the fact that there was anything between she and Cormac. "I thinkā¦ there's a reason why you said yes," she said, moving on from the subject of Cormac. She couldn't think about him now. And she needed to get out of there as soon as possible. "I think you believe it might work and you have hope," she added when in reality she just wanted to tell Katie to break it off.