"Why do you not simply refuse your business to those who cause those complications?" She's trying to figure him out, sorry Boxer you're being talent scouted. "There is enough of a demand from those who know you and your work. Or is even that only just enough?"

She finally takes a sip of her wine, idly swirling it in its glass afterward. If he was strapped for cash, that would make this even simpler. She had enough money that she could make use of to tempt him. She didn't want to take the nasty route and turn all his business connections against him, that was dirty and underhanded and entirely effective. But if she was going to have any hope of keeping him long term, she wanted to begin on a good note and not a bad one.

Ironic, really.