Jane opened her mouth to argue, but the look in his eyes stopped her. He truly was trying to be a gentleman. She had been raised to believe in old-fashioned manners of courtship, and had practically given up on finding a guy who followed them too. So much so that she had almost not even recognized good intentions when they were right in front of her face.

"Then I concede. Thank you, Jack." Her appreciation was sincere. She did not need him to pay. Though she was a graduate student, she had inherited more than enough from her father, and would never want for money.