She didn’t sound worried about being caught here – she was teasing, she was amused, she was extolling the primal thrills of the fight. Exhilarating was the word she’d used.
And now she was wondering if he would spill her secret – and if his pulse had picked up from her look and her leaning in, Yassine didn’t fight it. Here was his fill of exhilaration for the night, then. “Oh, I’m very tempted to,” he countered slowly, quirking a brow as he half-seriously considered it, in spite of his general interest in her. Exposing her for her less demure pursuits amongst all the faint-hearted lilies of society would be entertainment enough to last him a while, and he even thought Miss Blackwood had enough spark in her to survive the controversy, just about.
“How will you convince me not to, I wonder?” he said, holding her gaze in lingering amusement. He shifted a hand across to her pocket where he’d seen her slip away her winnings from her wager earlier as if he might dip into it himself, but it was only a feint; he just rested his hand there for a moment instead, because no one in this audience would care to notice what he did with his hands. “I’m not sure your prize winnings will do.”
And now she was wondering if he would spill her secret – and if his pulse had picked up from her look and her leaning in, Yassine didn’t fight it. Here was his fill of exhilaration for the night, then. “Oh, I’m very tempted to,” he countered slowly, quirking a brow as he half-seriously considered it, in spite of his general interest in her. Exposing her for her less demure pursuits amongst all the faint-hearted lilies of society would be entertainment enough to last him a while, and he even thought Miss Blackwood had enough spark in her to survive the controversy, just about.
“How will you convince me not to, I wonder?” he said, holding her gaze in lingering amusement. He shifted a hand across to her pocket where he’d seen her slip away her winnings from her wager earlier as if he might dip into it himself, but it was only a feint; he just rested his hand there for a moment instead, because no one in this audience would care to notice what he did with his hands. “I’m not sure your prize winnings will do.”
