“Weird, to think a woman would be into something like that.”  Diego said airly, carefully not meeting Kat’s gaze at that moment and struggling very hard to keep the grin from growing across his lips.  The parallels to the ‘kept man’ scenario were very strong sitting there in his brand new suit and shoes, planning on spending the night in the hotel room that she had acquired.  Funny as it was to draw that line, there was definitely a part of him that saw how people got caught up in that lifestyle, even if it was predominantly a reversed gender mix to what they were discussing.<br/><br/>Good to know you’ve got my back.”  He added when Kat mentioned protecting him from the voracious ladies wandering around, only a little irony showing through his tone.  After all, wasn’t he here to make Kat seem like she had effortlessly bounced back from this entire Chase scenario?  He might have to step up his game very soon and jump deeper into this pool to make it so.   Speaking of the devil, the most clueless guy in America could hear the tightness in Kat’s voice every time her ex came up, so Diego let that conversation die on the vine, an easy thing to do when someone approached the podium and started talking about....something or other.<br/><br/>Listening to the man speak, Diego looked down at his plate at the mention of getting something to eat, trying to decide if he wanted to get more to be safe, but decided that was probably not in keeping with his new persona.  Taking his cues from Kat, Diego also took a pad and a pen from a waiter, but unlike hers, his remained unused.  Instead, Diego tried to follow along with the projections and understand what was happening.  It didn’t seem to make sense to him, all these charities crowding together to try and get funds, instead of having some sort of individual event.  Then again, with all the money floating around the room there was probably plenty to be spent.<br/><br/>As the presentation ended, Diego turned to look as Kat presented her pad, the paper filled with a neat script detailing the charities they had seen in an order that did not make any sense to him, but that was not surprising.  “Looks wonderful, of course.  Whatever you think, you know I’ll have your back either way, dear.”  Diego grinned, speaking loudly enough for anyone listening, before leaning in and whispering in Kat’s ear once more.<br/><br/>“I wasn’t told there would be a written quiz.”  He joked, raising an eyebrow of his own before leaning back and looking around.  Noticing some people starting to get up, he nudged Kat with his elbow.  “Let’s hit the bar for another drink.  Beat the rush.”