She almost broke down and told him then, but hitting him with it the second he arrived might make him faint. "I thought we needed some time away from London. Remember what we said last year, that we'd have to take a winter break from now on?"
She undid the clasps of his Healer's robe and pushed it off his shoulders. "This is our break. No crazy evil witches, no oozing sores. Just us."
He looked a bit rumpled, and she gave him a kiss before steering him toward the bathroom.
"Go get cleaned up and into something comfortable, and then we can enjoy ourselves. I've got a bottle of bubbly - " sparkling cider, and the look she'd gotten from the concierge at that had been one for the ages " - dinner reservations on the beach, and no work for either of us for three whole days."