"Oh, surely it's not all you feel. It's fun to make you cross enough to throw a tantrum! Hahah!"

But he's not forgetting the actual meat of the statement. If he's doing a better job making this man happy... well, that's certainly a triumph he can claim for good. And a certainty that Lucifer won't find him too much of a risk to keep around.

No, no, instead, Alastor is in a position of power and security he had never planned nor dreamed of and he's elated.

"You may be an ancient creature, old as Creation, predating any of these silly traditions of lineages... but you are first and foremost my very hilarious, dashing husband."