Maria had to admit she wasn't surprised that Fury caught on so quickly, though he wasn't completely correct. Fury was the type of person to read a situation quickly and pick up on things that others might. That was what had made him such a great leader. Even if Maria hadn't always agreed with him on everything.
"He didn't," she told him. "Not outright. He wanted someone to talk to you, I chose it to be me rather than some lower person who doesn't actually know her," she told him. Well Hammer had suggested that she talking to him but if she hadn't wanted to she wouldn't have done so. She would do her job on her own terms under Hammer while still following the rules. It was a hard line that she played but she was good at walking the line.