[It's a good thing that she knows him well enough to hear it as embarrassment.... And while this does make for prime embarrassment material at some point, it was really so jarring to hear that kind of tone from him that she doesn't even want to think about it. Someone genuinely caring about her?? In this day and age??? Horrifying tbh.

So she'll let it go... For now.]

That's what I was hoping you'd say. [a sigh of relief] You mis-dial or something? Or is the fucking Retrospec app messing with people again, this wouldn't be the first time something like this happened.