"Are you really questioning something that so obviously works to your advantage?" he throws back, tsking and shaking his head as he wanders closer. "You really have been out of the corporate world for too long, Ms. Stark."

He sets the bottle down on the workbench next to Toni, leaning his backside against the edge of it and crossing his arm loosely, a playful smile on his lips. "Besides, I wasn't lying. The wine was a shameless bribe from that French pharmacology lab rep we've been in talks with."