"Her name is Kate, and she's Zack's girlfriend," Jade told Shane. Even though Shane already knew, Jade chose to inform him directly from her lips.
"And how did you react?"
"Of course, I was a little disappointed that he didn't ask my approval to let her stay with us. What a pain!" Jade said. Her hands folded across her chest, and her eyes were looking straight ahead.
Shane was silent. Besides, he didn't know what to reply to Jade's words, he was trying to find out more about what was with Kate. But he discovered that Kate was just an ordinary woman. It was just ... he found a new fact, that Zack and Kate's plans for Jade.
And when she found out that Shane was silent, Jade nudged Shane. "Oh, what's wrong?" Shane asked.
"What are you thinking about?" Jade asked a little breathlessly.