[Give him a moment to quell the urge to shout "Fine" and be done with it. That really won't help any; it might even push you to ditch him and seek out Emmy's company further.]

...I'm sorry.

[He actually does mean that! For a very selfish reason, of course, but at least it's genuine? It's also loud enough so that you can hopefully hear him from all the way up there.]

I don't want to talk about it, but you're right. It's something we need to discuss if we want this to work.