Seducing Eve

He took in the stubborn upturn of her soft beautiful lips, that fire in her eyes that burned him raw, washed aglow in the bright lights.

And he knew, she wasn't about to declare her undying love for him.

"So what? I am to forget all your insults and manipulations and the way your family has treated me for what? Because you suddenly had a change of heart which is so fickle that I cannot trust it? Bugger it."

Her tone was sharp as the daggers she was shooting from her eyes, and he took a step towards her, aware that he must thread carefully.

"I want to get to know you better, I am interested to knowing you, Ava, not the misinformation and misconceptions I've had in my head."

When she didn't say a word, but kept staring at him with that delicate head raised upwards to meet his stare, he continued in a calm soothing tone,

"For instance, when you are pissed, your accent is British, and your fingers twitch."

Bloody hell, Eve had forgotten to mask the accent which had become a part of her