If Cutler thought ignoring them was going to work he was mistaken, and it was clear he wasn't doing a very good job of it, even if he couldn't hear them he was clearly paying some kind of attention, which was enough.
"It won't last forever," she pointed out with a sympathetic smile, "and then you can come back home and we'll make up for lost time."
While Annie was fairly aware this was mostly for the other vampire's benefit she really didn't mind too much, any excuse to be close to Mitchell and she really didn't mind being shown off either, at least Mitchell was proud of her. "I can stay if you like?" she offered, slipping her arm around his neck. "It's not I'm not used to unpleasant house guests." She'd shared with Tully and Herrick after all, how bad could Cutler be?