"Merlin," Vic chuckled in disbelief. "are you always so self-sabotaging? Or is this you trying to back out of your offer? Because if I'm so repulsive that one drink has you feeling that way then I really ought to know." She added before burying a smirk within the rim of her mug.
Normally Vic wasn't half so mischievous, especially around people she barely knew, but there was just something about Oliver that made it almost impossible to resist. That and her morning had been one of the best she could remember having in a long time. It'd been spent at work, but for the first time since starting she'd been able to get on with her work without feeling as if she were the new girl who had no idea what she was doing.