"Oh, darling, you're stunningly wonderful and you know it. Charm and grace and beauty and all that." Her eyes dimmed for a moment, though before she grinned at him. "I can matchmake for you if you want. I mean, I have cousins. And there could be nothing more novel than matchmaking for you, babe. It's just unnecessary normally speaking."

The whole thing was ridiculous, of course, but maybe ridiculous was what Gaël needed. He wasn't, Sarah thought, going to talk about it right now. All she could really do was banish the shadows from his eyes.