Although he was frowning a little, the hand on his cheek was quite soothing."Perhaps. We shall see," he nodded a little. Frankly, whatever her reaction, it wouldn't come close to how badly Ashley's mother had taken it, so there was some consolation there in a roundabout way.
He gave her a nod, and just about managed to shake the feeling of dread. It was good that his sister was here, it was very good. They just had to get her caught up a bit.
Ashley disappeared, and Darcy finished sorting out the tea things.