(You're bloody right you'll be giving it back. I worked very hard for those coins.)
[ He did not. It's all from gambling at the dinner table and elsewhere, which she could guess just as well from his tone as the gentle reassurance across the link. He's got no intention of taking her money — unless it's over a bet, obviously. Fair is fair.
The word gentleman makes him second-guess everything, a brief hesitation in his thoughts and enthusiasm. His aversion to the word isn't defensive, even if it is built on pride; he isn't a gentleman, and he hates most men who'd say they were. But there are titles and then there's just being nice, and she's clearly just being nice, even if her concept of it is going shopping for clothes (the worst).
More important than all of that: she's interesting and she's good-looking. That isn't the kind of company you pass up. ]
(Luckily for you, I've been told my interest in clothes is disgustingly practical. Or it might've been disappointingly — same effect, I think.)
[ Yes, he'll go shopping with you. Sorry in advance for his bad opinions on fashion, though. ]
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[ He did not. It's all from gambling at the dinner table and elsewhere, which she could guess just as well from his tone as the gentle reassurance across the link. He's got no intention of taking her money — unless it's over a bet, obviously. Fair is fair.
The word gentleman makes him second-guess everything, a brief hesitation in his thoughts and enthusiasm. His aversion to the word isn't defensive, even if it is built on pride; he isn't a gentleman, and he hates most men who'd say they were. But there are titles and then there's just being nice, and she's clearly just being nice, even if her concept of it is going shopping for clothes (the worst).
More important than all of that: she's interesting and she's good-looking. That isn't the kind of company you pass up. ]
( Luckily for you, I've been told my interest in clothes is disgustingly practical. Or it might've been disappointingly — same effect, I think. )
[ Yes, he'll go shopping with you. Sorry in advance for his bad opinions on fashion, though. ]