He had no idea how she found it so easy, so natural, to do the right thing; to say all that was needed in so few words; to instil a burgeoning sense of confidence he didn’t know he’d had.
Then don’t. Evander certainly hoped that would prove a straightforward order to follow.
He thought - if he were a different sort of man, maybe - that he would have put this opportunity to still better use, bridged another distance, but... that was too much, too fast, especially for a man who had just been pleading for more time.
Her request, though, was not quite so daunting. “Well then, Caroline,” Evander replied, the sound of this shade of intimacy taking him aback slightly, even from his own mouth; nonetheless, he was sure he would be accustomed to it one day, “might I escort you back inside?” He fancied the rest of the evening would pass by in an utter daze.
Then don’t. Evander certainly hoped that would prove a straightforward order to follow.
He thought - if he were a different sort of man, maybe - that he would have put this opportunity to still better use, bridged another distance, but... that was too much, too fast, especially for a man who had just been pleading for more time.
Her request, though, was not quite so daunting. “Well then, Caroline,” Evander replied, the sound of this shade of intimacy taking him aback slightly, even from his own mouth; nonetheless, he was sure he would be accustomed to it one day, “might I escort you back inside?” He fancied the rest of the evening would pass by in an utter daze.
