Varian turned around; the invitation by Ellen to stay a few extra minutes was all he needed to hear. "I mean, I would like to make a quick meal for you," she added.
She was not sure if her reconstruction of the sentence made it sound better. 'Of course it would be wrong of her to just send him off after he had left work to come here because of her.'
"Just to say thank you for coming this way," she added again, hoping he would say something so she could stop talking.
"I would love to," he said as if he heard her cry for help, and she nodded.
"Okay, then come on in; I will just whip up a quick meal for the two of us," Ellen said as she led him to the kitchen area.
"Are you going to cook?" he asked, following her.
"Would you rather I order something instead? Would it be faster to o
