The bartender and the chef left together to grab those bottles of wine he talked about. Since Selene was the biggest fan of overthinking, she already had several different reasons why he would interrupt her time with her new acquaintance.

The first theory was pettiness. Elizabeth probably didn't tell him that she had invited the bartender to the party. Maybe he didn't want to see her there or see her as anything but the actual bartender.

The second theory was less ...