Re: Obed/Isobel - poolside - 7:55 p.m.
Exhaustion almost made him slip. The words were right there on the tip of his tongue: That it was harder to sleep without her by his side, that his cavernous apartment was too large and too empty with only a tiny dog for company. He filled his mouth with smoke to keep these confessions from tumbling out. He exhaled only when he could trust himself not to say something foolish.
"You could say that," he allowed, as unwilling to overtly lie to her as he was to tell the full truth. "I'm glad Alice is helping you. And your ex... I offered earlier to help, if you needed. I have a good legal team, security connections..." He shrugged. "I'm sure you don't want my help, and I understand if you don't. But the offer still stands. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you."