The creature was sprawled in his comfortable chair and if It was startled, It gave no indication. "Back when you used to be fearsome," she remarked, idly, only the vaguest of hint of mirth in her voice. Insult or jest? One couldn't tell with this woman. She seemed wholly comfortable in her seat and made no move to rise at his entrance.
His comment about her housecalls made her lips quirk upwards in a smile, though it was more passive than perhaps expected. "How would you know my habits, darling? We've only just begun to work with one another," she remarked, examining her nails. "I have spoken with your Councillor Berdini. Charming man. Your position as my favorite may be threatened," she warned, snuggling back into the chair. Making herself at home. "He gave me a name as well." Could a man such as Giuseppe feel jealousy? Would he bother to feel it for her? She couldn't be certain.