He raised a brow, knowing precisely what she thought it meant. It wasn't hard to read an open book after all. Then again, it was possible that she didn't actually have figured out exactly what it meant. Improbable, but possible. Alex was rather brilliant, but also quite nieve.

"That depends." He kept his smirk hidden. Non-existant to the world and her, but internally he was enjoying this far too much. That frustrated sigh a bonus to the rest of what her reaction might be. A sigh that, while he'd never tell her, he relished. After all, there wasn't much in this world that was exclusively for him.