Of course this is the game they're playing--and of course, Alex knows exactly how best to play it. He sighs, one eyebrow lifting again for a moment, a silent question.

"You work here," he says, his voice dropping back with an ease that no longer surprises him to that same half-entitled drawl from before. They can both play at disinterest; they both know how it affects the other. "Making people want to fuck you is part of the job."