Ainsley bit her lip, trying to figure out what she could say to that. She could be casual and coy and say something like, "You could still go south," but that wouldn't be appropriate. She had a feeling the situation with CORE was a lot more serious than he was letting on, and it would only take one question from her to confirm that, but she didn't want to go there, not just yet. He had a few days to convince her to come back for good; she wasn't going to help him along.
She crossed her arms and gave him a long look. "Should we, ah, go to the living room now? I'll unpack later." Yeah, she was avoiding the subject completely. Nothing new there.