"Oh..." Ara could not say a thing.
"Yes, I'm single and I am available," Emyr said seriously. His eyes looking straight at her. "I like you, Miss Gray. Very much..."
"Please, don't play with me, Mr. Viceroy. Or I will--"
"You will resign," he interrupted her. "Yes, I know. But I am not doing anything." His fingers crossed because he planned to pursue in her dreams.
"Y-you will not seduce me...?" Ara asked in a small voice.
"I shall not seduce you, Miss Gray. Cross my heart." He raised his right palm.
She bit her under-lip and sucked it while thinking.
"Then... what did you do earlier? Smelling my breath?" She blew onto her palm and smelt it.
"Oh. Um..." Emyr had no ready response to her questions because he thought she would not ask. What a guileless woman!
"You're seducing me, a
