There's nothing for her to say in response to Venus' offered key because Tess has her own to deal with right now, but the moment she hears the woman mention wife in the question to Joel, referring to her, Tess looks between the two of them.

Now that's funny, she thinks to herself and can't stop the look of amusement from passing across her expression.

Joel calls them 'business partners'. Any other day...Tess would agree with that.

She nods and juts her bottom lip out on a shrug. "His wife? Something like that. Call it an unspoken agreement." Changing the topic before he cuts in, because Tess knows he will, "Where are you heading from here?"