Me? [Of course not. He lifts an eyebrow and waves off her indignation and accusation.] With all my clever knowledge to do with holes, that can't be true.

[Completely unperturbed.] Anyway. The point is that if you help, you can also rig the contest to end up with whomever you want! How's that sound? [He leans in to give her that conspiratorial nudge-nudge, wink-wink.]