"Good," Essery said with a chuckle, sipping her tea again. "I mean, you're a hard sell on your own sometimes. Throw Fergus into the mix and you become almost untenable." She was teasing, though. Anyone else who even insinuated her brother wasn't worth dating would end up with her right hook, more likely than not.
"You're going to be embarrassing about this, aren't you?"