Giggling, Kiara dipped into a half curtsy. "Thank you, kind serrah," she said with a roll of her eyes, but she was smiling. Damnit, the man was charming, even when he was being a goof.
Glancing at the fourth place setting, she cocked her head and asked, "Do you always do that, then? Leave out a place for him when it's getting close to him being due back?"