"I won't do something like that again." She is very nearly pleading with him as she looks up at him. When he stands, she shrinks beneath his gaze. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to embarrass you or the hotel." She values his patronage. and having the Angelo as a place to come.

His advice about Cooper gives her pause. "He won't hurt me, if that's what you're afraid of." She thought he would have, once. But now, she knew him better. He wouldn't raise a hand against her.