"I mean, I'm having fun planning something nice for you, yes." This party wasn't really about her so much as giving Diego something nice to focus on and relaxing him, and if Annie thought about that for about a second longer she'd realize that if that were really true, then a birthday party wasn't really the answer here. "And it's giving me a little project since I'm off work."

Off work for no reason that had nothing to do at all with her sticking around the island for his benefit. (And as it was, Ashley had been sending her remote projects to do. She had photoshoot proofs for Wish to look at, at some point.)