Amelia felt that this was the best and most effective way to coax someone without losing too much face.
After all, it was much better than bowing down to admit a mistake.
Her small hand pressed against his burning large hand, and she applied a bit more force, allowing for even closer skin contact.
The man raised his brow and pulled his hand away.
Amelia stared at the rolling flames in his pupils, her red lips hooking into a shallow, roguish smile as she teased him, "So, do you feel anything yet?"
His thin lips pressed tightly together, his gaze still fixed on her, not speaking, hiding the excitement stirred up deep within by this woman's rogue behavior, wanting to see what other tricks she would play.
Amelia stared back at him.
A grown man, and yet he had the audacity to have such long eyelashes, on a handsome face with skin so fair that it could make a woman feel ashamed, and those eyes, seemingly cold but actually very seductive.
