He gave a sharp laugh that was a perfect match to the tone of her voice. He completely sympathized with the feeling. Leon was the one who went all out at the parties, Gael just went to have a little harmless fun. But after what his brother had told him, he wanted to throw caution to the wind.

"No need to apologize, I understand completely." He gave her a half smile of sympathy in return. "I'm feeling the same as you right now, so you can take a guess as to how my holidays went. Yours?"