"I..." Oh. She hadn't expected that. They ate together, but he wanted more? What more could she give him, when she devoted her hours to finding Ratface?

But he would be found eventually. Then what? Her life goal had been to be rich enough to live alone, but now that she had the goal accomplished... she wasn't sure what she'd do with her life. Didn't Scrooge want to go back to his bookshop?

She was clearly hesitating.

"I... I need to think it over." Which wasn't a lie, but wasn't the whole truth either.