"I'm sure you do. So much so that you're spending your time alone in a hotel bar." He looked at her as if he were revealing some big secret. She didn't like the obvious being stated so bluntly, he could tell. He wasn't being mean just smug.
"If I buy you a drink this time will you take it or dump it over my head?" He wasn't calling a truce, but he had to start somewhere. He ruffled her feathers and he liked that.