Considering how long he'd had to get on with it and how he'd given no indication to her at any point thus far that she would have to feign a pregnancy, she highly doubted that his cagey response was anything but a confirmation that he hadn't gotten anywhere thus far. That suited her just fine. Even better if he was still at square one.
The right corner of her mouth twitched ever so slightly upward. "I've recently decided that it's in my best interest to involve myself in the matter and I believe I've found an elegant solution." Most would probably not describe what was on her mind as 'elegant'. Tig wanted to wait for him to pry it out of her but she was now too impatient and a part of her wasn't sure she had him hooked yet. "Ligeia. She's my sister so any child would resemble us both, she's unmarried so there'd be no question whether it'd be yours, she ought to be in peak condition for it and she's just sitting around collecting dust. She's got nothing better to be doing, she may as well be useful to someone for once in her life." Her eyes shone with malice as she spoke.
Certainly obtaining a child was the important part, but the idea of seizing control of her sister's life and utterly destroying it was what interested her the most.
The small issue of impregnating her unwed sister without a scandal was a trivial one, she thought. She had plenty of answers to that, some more involved than others, but all were reprehensible to some degree. She wanted to head off any doubts he might have in that area but held her tongue this time, it'd be more pleasing to dismiss his concerns as he voiced them anyway.
The right corner of her mouth twitched ever so slightly upward. "I've recently decided that it's in my best interest to involve myself in the matter and I believe I've found an elegant solution." Most would probably not describe what was on her mind as 'elegant'. Tig wanted to wait for him to pry it out of her but she was now too impatient and a part of her wasn't sure she had him hooked yet. "Ligeia. She's my sister so any child would resemble us both, she's unmarried so there'd be no question whether it'd be yours, she ought to be in peak condition for it and she's just sitting around collecting dust. She's got nothing better to be doing, she may as well be useful to someone for once in her life." Her eyes shone with malice as she spoke.
Certainly obtaining a child was the important part, but the idea of seizing control of her sister's life and utterly destroying it was what interested her the most.
The small issue of impregnating her unwed sister without a scandal was a trivial one, she thought. She had plenty of answers to that, some more involved than others, but all were reprehensible to some degree. She wanted to head off any doubts he might have in that area but held her tongue this time, it'd be more pleasing to dismiss his concerns as he voiced them anyway.
