There's a secomd before the door opens that his cynicism resurfaces and Demetri expects to see half the Coombs family there in wait. But when he sees Fabrice there with a lingering flush in his cheeks he knows that was a foolish thought.

"I told you I'd take you up on your invitation," he says as he steps inside, not waiting for the other man to step out of the doorway first. It puts them chest to chest, and Demetri wonders if the heat is all in his head or if Fabrice feels it too. He's rarely wrong when assessing if others find him attractive, and he doesn't think he's wrong this time but it's being unsure that's driving him crazy.

But his main purpose here isn't seduction, he tells himself, licking his lips and lowering the hand he'd started to raise to Fabrice's face. It's their family, finding James and Moira if they can. "Where do we start?"