Feather was in a dilemma of finding the right word to save herself from the disgrace that Hawk proposed. She held onto the ends of her dress as she looked down on her poor feet.
Hawk saw Feather's face turn red and he smiled as he thought that until then, she really didn't believe that he was not at all bothered if she chose to take off her shoes.
The Feather he used to know was a very carefree child who loves to walk barefoot but one time he chided her not to because it's very unlady-like. Perhaps that was the reason why Feather was having second thoughts about what he proposed. Knowing that she was conflicted, Hawk took the initiative to take her shoes off so he bent down in front of her and carefully raised one of her feet to pull one shoe away.
"Hey wait!" Hawk was surprised to hear her protest.
"My heiress, you need not be shy with me,"
