What was it about Matt that let him see right through her? Maybe it was all the time they spent together, maybe he was just... he was just that good. But he had an uncanny knack of figuring out exactly what was in her head and then addressing it without her ever mentioning it. How did he know she was worried about him pitying her? How did he know that she needed very much to hear that he thought she was desirable? Even if she knew better, she still needed to hear it, and it felt.. it felt so good, really.
So when he leaned in and kissed her cheek, she felt a little let down. She did, that is, until he explained. He was waiting. Waiting for her to decide what she wanted. As if it'd ever been up to her. As if she got to pick whether...
"You're kidding me," she said. "Really?" She started laughing. It wasn't the wine; he'd just flat out amazed her. "You know everything else that's going on in my head. You don't know this?"
To be fair, she'd only recently started putting it together herself. The way she found every reason to spend time with him - in and out of the office. The spike of jealousy when Dinah appeared on the scene. How much she wanted this night to be perfect. How much she wanted...