"What the...?!" Shikera laughed out loud, listening to her teammates talking on the audio recording.
"...That is simply compensation that the man gave us, in return for letting him see her for a few more days in order to ask her out. And besides, we didn't force Cyprian to foot our bills too..."
"Did you hear that, Ethan? What if I went there instead and they planned something like this for me too?" She asked, still laughing. She didn't pause the audio yet but placed it on the table, loud enough for Ethan and Esther to hear.
"Nothing. I am a very tolerant man," Ethan replied simply, but the eerie smile on his face was enough to show Shikera that he didn't mean what he said. She didn't want to get him angry unknowingly so she kept quiet and continued listening to the audio.
It looked like their discussion about Cyprian and her supposed admirer had come to an end so Shikera was about to stop the recording when she heard an exclamation from it.