He couldn’t help it. He was looking at her again.
“We’ll see about that,” Kristoffer answered, as though he hadn’t already utterly lost this game. Nice young lady who? None of them had ever quite made him feel like this, a shiver rushing down his spine. And even the merest thought of doing something like this would have been enough to see all the rest of them blush and shrivel up, disappointingly. Miss Borgin, however - well, she was begging for this, wasn’t she? She had solicited this herself. He was almost convinced she could read his mind. She was almost close enough to.
He placed a hand at the nape of her neck to keep her there, and leant down to kiss her, impatience taking over. She was right, of course. After that disastrous match, what better distraction than this? There was no harm in letting her have this victory.
“We’ll see about that,” Kristoffer answered, as though he hadn’t already utterly lost this game. Nice young lady who? None of them had ever quite made him feel like this, a shiver rushing down his spine. And even the merest thought of doing something like this would have been enough to see all the rest of them blush and shrivel up, disappointingly. Miss Borgin, however - well, she was begging for this, wasn’t she? She had solicited this herself. He was almost convinced she could read his mind. She was almost close enough to.
He placed a hand at the nape of her neck to keep her there, and leant down to kiss her, impatience taking over. She was right, of course. After that disastrous match, what better distraction than this? There was no harm in letting her have this victory.
