[ It hardly seems like the time, place, or context to be mentioning a girlfriend of all things. So you've been enslaved and I'm trying to learn more about this place so we can send in teams to save you and the rest of the crew, by the way I'm in a happily committed relationship? Yeah, that doesn't sound random and even heavily presumptuous at all. Mainly because this is, in fact, all business, and he knows she's not making a move. Their interaction would've gone in a whole different way if she were.
He tries to regain some of his composure —tries being the keyword here—, clearing his throat and nodding at her as he turns around and steps out of the alleyway. The embarrassment he shows is probably as great as if he really had been doing the most depraved things with Chloe in some dark corner, so the few looks he gets are very much unsuspecting. Bruce does his best to ignore them anyway, buckling his belt again and buttoning up his shirt, smudging the lipstick in an attempt to wipe it off before he starts walking down the hallway again. ]
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He tries to regain some of his composure —tries being the keyword here—, clearing his throat and nodding at her as he turns around and steps out of the alleyway. The embarrassment he shows is probably as great as if he really had been doing the most depraved things with Chloe in some dark corner, so the few looks he gets are very much unsuspecting. Bruce does his best to ignore them anyway, buckling his belt again and buttoning up his shirt, smudging the lipstick in an attempt to wipe it off before he starts walking down the hallway again. ]