"Gooood, I know, right? Like, let your hair down. Go have a few drinks and bang a random stranger in the alley or something." She'd raised her voice a tiny bit, always loving a chance to rib James and to very likely make him start blushing in his office. Alex discussing his sex life was a sure way to make that happen.

"See? Now you're getting it. Just lure them in with the damsel in distress act and a little potential coitus-ing and they're buying you all the rocky road you can carry."