Why was he saying no?

"Alan, you have a distinct- I mean you are smelling differently. You have a strawberry scent, right now, and don't tell me you changed your shampoo. What were you doing while you went out?"

Right! He had a long story to tell his wife, and she had best be ready since he hadn't finished processing it all yet.

So he told her, and Eleanor's eyes widened as he told her the story.

"You've met a guardian! That's a big deal, Alan, and she smelled like strawberries? If we were a regular couple, I would have assumed you were lying.

Only ladies normally smell like strawberries, and you left in the middle of the night, only to return smelling like strawberries and freshly shaved..."

 

"Trust me, I'm telling the truth." Alan was confused. Why would she think he was telling lies? He only omitted one truth from their conversation. Scarlet and Andrew.