"I never said I wouldn't eat anything but sugary stuff," she retorted, indignant. "And she's more intelligent than a six-year-old. She's a genius scientist, after all, and helped saved your life, to boot."
With that, she gave him an impish, beaming grin and batted her eyes at him.
"At least everything was prepared before any real drama happened. I can eat without worrying about any poison being slipped into the food." To underscore a subtle point, she polished off the last bite of Nikki's bread, arching her eyebrows. "I'm sure that's a regret at this stage, but so sad, too bad. How serious do you think the fallout will be from this?"