Perhaps you're right. I'll admit that I may tend to act without thinking, on occasion.

[He admits, and that touch of self-consciousness remains. But he smiles his debonair smile, shakes his head, sending auburn curls tumbling down into his face.]

And whilst your concern is touching, I am all right with the contract. It's going rather better than I imagined it would, actually. I uh, I do like him. Quite a bit.