It wasn't something they spoke of, but Lucius was more than capable of putting two and two together. Bella wasn't obsessed with Dolph the way she was with the Minister, and Lucius sincerely doubted love was something Dolph was capable of - but they got along well, had for years now, and their arrangement would have been a marriage if there wasn't some sort of dealbreaker preventing it. In their society, among their families, heirs were paramount. To say that Bella didn't care much for children was an understatement to say the least.

He watches her pace towards him - and truly, it is pacing, even if she has something of a destination in mind. As she speaks, though, his eyes sharpen a bit, and he tilts his head to one side. Of course he's familiar with that cool, bored, passive tone. He'd cultivated the same one; he'd learned it from her. "Did he," he said as he leaned his hip against her desk. "That's a bit interesting, I daresay. Did he have anything of note to say?"