"It's fine. I'm fine." Ignore how incredibly obvious it was that this wasn't true. "I don't know what I would've even done if Whitney'd shown up, anyway."

She knew what she would have done. But Stark didn't need to hear it.

"She seemed great." There. She could manage an acknowledgement of his guest, too. Even if part of her very much wanted to just -- forget that she'd have to mentally compete with that from now on.