Alicia regarded the owl for some time after it came before getting a quill to write back. It had been weeks since she'd spoken with Selwyn, but then again she had been busy at work. And then there was the matter of her experience at the Ministry and how strange and terrifying it had been, and that he too worked there. It could be a coincidence, or perhaps not.
The fact that he might be a Death Eater had just started to occur to her, although, of course there were people at the Ministry who were not. Lots of them most likely, just trying to do their jobs.
If he wasn't one, he was just an ordinary man and she had enjoyed her time with him very much, and she might be a fool to say no.
If he was one it could be very dangerous to say no judging by Lestrange. There was also no point in lying to him about why she was at the Ministry, judging by his questions to her at the bank that first time, he had access to information about people.
She had bit the end of her quill ragged from nerves before finally writing back.
Xavier,
I wasn't certain I was going to hear from you again, but I've been really busy lately, so I might have missed it. I had to go to France for a week for work and have been pulling longer shifts than usual of late.
Thy other day at the Ministry I was called in to answer a few questions. Nothing too terrible. I didn't see you, you should have said hello.
I'm not certain what help I'll be at a formal dinner, even if you are very convincing. Is it for the Ministry? I may have to go shopping for new robes in that case.