The kitten mewed loudly in response to his name being used twice. Olivia looked puzzled, "Come to an understanding?" she asked, blinking once or twice. "That has to be the worst thing I've ever heard, Chris, and I used to read those awful romance novels mother used to keep about the house."
Olivia couldn't understand holding back when you felt so strongly for someone else, but then that was perhaps why she was having such trouble in her own relationships. "Careful with Rupert, he's a little trouble maker. Aren't you?" she tapped the kitten's nose.