[At that point, she's about five seconds away from telling John to take a long walk off a short pier. But that would be counter-productive. Or whatever. She couldn't help feeling like she wasn't going to be able to get through to this guy regardless of what she did.]

Look, there are plenty of fish in the sea. Maybe try your luck with someone new?

['And don't turn into a dick the second things don't seem like they're going your way?' she added silently.

She was about to say something else when she felt a hand on her shoulder.]

Th-

[Her words died in her throat, and her head whipped around so fast it was a miracle she wasn't dizzy. Somewhere, she was almost certain that Hawkmoth was laughing his idiotic head off right now.]

Thank you, Adrien.

[Fine. This was just fine.]