"Yes! Uh... hang on just a sec." Now it's his turn to catch her off guard. She scrambles a little, closing the file she'd been reading and putting it in her own inbox, shutting down her computer, smoothing her hair and dress for the umpteenth time. "Okay. Ready."

She grabs her purse out of the bottom drawer of her desk and joins him. Another moment's awkwardness before she laughs at herself. "Are we officially off the clock?"