At this Ford did push Tycho away more forcefully, in addition to pressing Ty's hand back off of his waist. "If you stain my shirt I'm sending you the laundry bill," he grumbled (and was dismayed by the idea as he said it that this was not an entirely unflirtatious thing to say — but he didn't know what he was supposed to say at this point, because he had already asked Tycho politely not to do this and then told Tycho quite bluntly to stop and neither had produced the intended effect, and ignoring it clearly wasn't working either).
"You know that's not true," he contended, about what Ty had or hadn't done at the ball. "I had to try and explain to my wife why my supposedly best friend is angry with me, and what the hell am I supposed to tell her? And she's not going to be the only who notices this sort of thing if you're going to go shoving me at parties."
"You know that's not true," he contended, about what Ty had or hadn't done at the ball. "I had to try and explain to my wife why my supposedly best friend is angry with me, and what the hell am I supposed to tell her? And she's not going to be the only who notices this sort of thing if you're going to go shoving me at parties."
Set by Lady!