Alexandra watched him, slightly annoyed he avoided the question. Perhaps she was just spoilt by the maids who told her exactly what she asked for. Annoying and puzzling. Was it a natural response or was he just use to hiding?

“Would you prefer this language then?” she asked in French, head and eyes moving away as he dismantled the flower. “You shouldn’t do that, the flower will probably die now” she slipped back to English with a note of annoyance in her tone.