Returning To Where It All began

Dante rubbed his forehead and decided to deal with this professionally. If he acted wishy-washy about it, things would just become stale and problematic between him and Valeria. Dante pondered for a while before replying. 

Dante: "Can't do it tomorrow. I am swamped with work. Also, we might meet less often in the future, but I'm still willing to support you if only to get my own personal missile designer." 

Dante sighed as he sent it and Valeria read it immediately. There was a short period where it showed she was typing and he couldn't help but feel anxious that she would have a negative response to the sudden change. 

Valeria: "Okay, that's not a problem. Work is also troubling on my end. By the way, did you get a girlfriend or something?"