Date: 2006-01-15 07:10 pm (UTC)
Lilah's curiosity about Sloane's marital status reflects no warm-fuzzy sentiments regarding the sanctity of the institution. Married men are, based on her own observations, easier to seduce, less emotionally demanding or generally tiresome, and far far simpler to blackmail.

A widower presented complications that she hasn't encountered before. Although she had occasionally drawn this comparison regarding Wesley's feelings toward his former employer (much to to the man's annoyance, which was, of course, the point).

In any case, Sloane's response suggests he finds her attractive (a good thing for both their sakes that she isn't aware of the "rather" qualifier) but that his immediate intentions relate to business. This is more than satisfactory for Lilah. She generally prefers the company of older men to her own peers, and Sloane is charming on top of his obvious power. But, despite prevailing opinion that would cast her as the office whore -- Lilah doesn't like to mix work up with sex when she can possibly avoid it.

The hinted possibility of sex is, of course, a potent weapon. Particularly as her job so often dealt in one-on-one recruitment of assets for the firm. But for the most part, it was an act. She talked the talk but kept fulfilment just out of reach. There had been two exceptions -- one too obvious to mention, too headache-inducing to analyze, and still ongoing. The other wasn't Angel -- OK, there had been that one time, but he started it and she just wanted to see what his game was and then the bastard bit her, and anyway, she's reasonably sure that somehow or another it wasn't really him. It wasn't that Slayer either; there were too many lawyers involved in that one for Lilah to work her one-on-one magic and, anyway, to be quite honest, Faith scared the shit out of her. No, it was that stupid redheaded daddy-issues bitch from Ohio who could swing from helpless to homicidal in ten seconds flat. She had run off to Angel, of course. Not that Lilah's bitter.

Most of the time, of course, her involvement with clients is entirely professional. And Arvin Sloane, whatever faults he may have, seems entirely unlikely to discard her in favor of Mr. Broody Manpire.

So she listens to Sloane's proposal, and nods. Even without an official place at the firm, she has enough connections and favors to call in that whatever he is asking for should be a breeze.

"I'm interested," she says, "Go on." And she can't resist adding, "Some of us have met enough patriots to last a lifetime."

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