She realized her mistake almost immediately. She hoped he didn’t read too much into her verbal *facepalm*, but attempted to cover just in case.

“So what’ve you got planned?” she asked quickly, hoping to reiterate the fact that they were still speaking about Dwight.

A short pause followed. Then, “I don’t know. If you were going to pull the rug out from under some poor, unsuspecting fellow, what would you do?”

The air in her lungs solidified. She hadn’t thought he’d be so…direct about it.

And then she realized that…he was lost.

Her plan was working, after all.

She smiled.