She hums an amused note at the teasing. "You should consider yourself fortunate for that," she counters in a laughably fake 'regal' accent, "for it is beneath our dignity to do it for you."

Ver gives him another gentle squeeze before freeing an arm again, this time, to give him his glass of wine. "I didn't know that about him, otherwise, I wouldn't have encouraged it. I'm sorry for that." In fact, Verity knows quite well that Schön told a fib, but she's not going to hurt Hunter more by bringing that up. She'll give Schön a chance to fix things before stepping in to try and do it for him.

And it's a valuable lesson for her about meddling.

"I love you too, sweetie." That she can say without hesitation.