"Can you now," she replies evenly, allowing some amusement to show, but the offer certainly sounds valid, extended though it is without consulation with Delta.

But she doesn't think he'll need to take long on that. Delta plans, plays the long game, and likely had her staying on for longer in mind long before he contacted her.

Damn him, she thinks affectionately. She hadn't been struggling lately, and her last job had been temp, with good chance of rehire the following year. But this job, she'd actually had to put her skills to use. And working with her client wasn't quite as stuffy or politically tiring as bodyguard duty elsewhere had been.. "Talk with Delta when he wakes up. If there's an offer to be made that won't look like nepotism, then I'll consider it."

Given she's being paid very well for One Night Only, she can't say she's not intrigued by what a longer term job might provide.