Upon their arrival at the hotel Connie was finally looking and talking to Ric, she had no choice after nearly an hour sat beside him on a plane, something what she was actually quite relieved of seeing as flying never had been one of her favourite pastimes, and having someone sat beside her who knew, who was in fact the only person who knew put her mind at rest. Even if in decent she was so tense from worry they wouldn't land right she grabbed his hand and virtually cut the circulation off. Deep down she knew that he was attempting not to laugh, knowing he was there to hold her hand in situations like the current one reassured her, comforted her, but being Connie Beauchamp she would never admit to her weaknesses.
As they were given their keys she realised that all the men were in the same room and she had her own, she hid her devastation well it being caused by the realisation that this meant she and Ric wouldn't be able to even have a sly sexual encounter as both Elliot and Michael would manage to put two and two together and realise that they were indeed 'together'. So out of the blue Connie did something she wouldn't normally do, of course it was only to advantage her self, but she decided to invest in getting 2 more rooms as she knew that neither Michael nor Ric would be all that happy to share with Elliot and it meant that no one would know if Ric and her were in the same room or not. So far their little trip to Paris was panning out quite nicely, minus the fact that tonight she did in fact have to share the night with none other than Michael Spence something that she was in some ways looking forward to and in others considering turning him down last minute.
Michael was boring her to death, she tried not to switch off and tune out but it was proving harder than she thought. The way he said her name made her teeth grind together, she was at the point of wanting the ground to just open up and swallow her whole. She realised it must say something when you think to yourself that you'd rather be in the company of Linden Cullen or Keith Greene over Michael Spence. That's when Michael Spence pushed her one step too far with the comment that sounded like something along the lines of "Women should never be allowed in the medical profession as anything above a nurse" and she snapped, of all the things she thought he was she never thought that of him, it would certainly explain why he always tried to belittle her and get one over on her. Connie Beauchamp had a hot temper, yes, but up until that day she'd never lost it in a public place, not like this anyway.
She didn't even have to justify herself and every woman in the medical profession, she knew he only did it to wind her up, get her angry but she doubted he expected what was coming next, standing up with her bag she said good night before taking his pint of larger and throwing it over him she knew that an action like that could cost her the job but quite honestly she thought it felt good, then she walked out of the restaurant, back to the hotel, back into the arms of Ric where they laid in bed together and laughed about it.