Striking back (1)

Joanne, looked at Stephen, just thinking about what they had been doing less than twenty minutes ago, as she waited for her parents to be shown into the room caused her to blush.  As he grasped her hand, Joanne tensed, and he lent over before saying "It will be alright.  I told you I would protect you, and that will include from your parents if I need to."

Joanne dropped her head slightly, before Stephen added "No.  Do not feel ashamed.  There is nothing to be ashamed about as it is normal human behaviour, and if you are honest with yourself you enjoyed what we just did.  But we are in this place we are here and have agreed that we will follow it through to deal with that b*tch who wants to set us up.  Are you alright with the story we are telling your parents?"

Joanne dropped her shoulders and said "I must be.  That story on the internet is already doing the damage that b*tch planned.  She so wants to destroy me."