"I'm going to ask you something, and I'll use small words so you can understand it properly. You're going to have to act jealous," Sophia told Nicholas.
Nicholas acted flabbergasted.
"How difficult, seeing as you're not that much of a treat."
He got a painful nudge in the ribs as a reply.
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Sophia remembered the time she'd told Nicholas to act jealous, and here he was, actually seeming jealous over a mere conversation she had with another man that was in no way shape or form interested in her.
"For a moment there, you almost struck me as jealous over my conversation with him," she said mischievously.
"Jealous?"
"Of course not," he said unconvincingly.
Sophia narrowed her eyes but didn't tease him more about it otherwise.
Nicholas decided to take initiative and ask.
"What happened between the both of you?" Nicholas asked, referring to the not so subtle bruise on Count Leonard's face.
He'd cleaned up relatively nicely for a man that had just been injured.
