"They're not listening," she pointed out as the door closed. But she rarely bothered to justify her actions, and now wasn't a time to start. What she'd said had been simple fact.
She took a seat with casual ease. She'd been in and out of his office more than, she assumed, either of them had expected, once Katherine had offered her a full-time position on the staff. In hindsight, it made sense that they'd work together more than she'd thought they would, but coming in two years ago, she'd mistakenly assumed that her job was separate from his, as it had been when she worked for SAD.
The faintest trace of a smile twisted one corner of her mouth as she added "Nor are you. I was talking about that Rightists coalition that's making noise in the House, for all you know." But the expression was gone almost as soon as it had happened, and her gaze was level on him again.