Agreed. I would have at least sent a follow-up, to make sure that precisely this outcome didn't happen.

[ Like that debacle with Metzer and Cavillo. Oh hell - now he lurches to his feet with the intent of getting some guards. Maybe if he puts in a call straight to Illyan, he can have some extra backup here tonight. He is not going to get himself killed to further someone else's plot and ruin this woman's life.

He leans for a moment against the table, regretting that last swig of wine. He has a sudden image of that shuttle on Dagoola, Beatrice slipping right through his fingers at the last moment - no. It's not happening again. He notes her anger with a twinge of admiration and dismay both, hoping she doesn't take this as some kind of arrest. ]

I think - you should stay the night.