after a fashion

 

"Hey Sweetie. Good morning. Would you like some coffee?"

"Yes please Dear. If I may say so, you're looking pretty pleased with yourself. Are my suspicions correct?"

"And what do you suspect me of Timmy?"

"I have seen that happy smug look on your pretty face before Janine, so my guess is that Jerome was here last night while I was on shift."

"Well he did pop in to say hello."

"So you're telling me my Boss, a consummate seducer of other men's Wives - a handsome, heavily hung stud, just came here to say hello."

"That's right. He just popped in -

- after a fashion.