Wes hadn't expected her to agree, but he'd hoped she'd at least tip her hat to him figuratively. Only now it appeared that once again she'd outmaneuvered him. He let out a breath at the realisation and then smiled ruefully, turning away from her slightly.

"You allowed me to hear you take that call. You used me to clean up your mess, so that you had deniability with the Senior Partners." There was no questioning inflection, the conclusions he came to were in no need of confirmation. "Nicely played. How wonderfully calculating of you to trust me to get the job done. What if I hadn't?"