This is veering unsteadily towards the kind of territory that worries Ainsley, mainly because she's usually better about relationships amongst her coworkers and even though she knows that Sam would never be untoward, she also knows that she's not sure she should chance fate to this degree. Still, honesty seems the best policy. "I like when you flatter me," she says, trying not to sound too flushed and unnerved about it. "It makes me feel like I'm a part of the team."

She doesn't mention that it makes her feel like she has some kind of chance because she's yet to decide if she wants that.