[She does indeed make it sound like a bad thing, but she does nothing to correct it. He just stands there smiling like an idiot! And takes it! Every time! Ughh... It's all his fault that her heart is beating like this. The least he could do is accept some responsibility for it!

> Decline again, but still stick around]

I'm not about to put you right back to work...

[Not to mention, if they start wandering about, they could encounter some trouble, and... well, you know, he'd jump in to help, and... that would be that. Business as usual.]