[It's not so much a protest against him; more like she knows he's just being playfully glib to distract her from what predicting his next actions towards her are going to be. Iona couldn't have foreseen Claude reciprocating her feelings for him in such a manner as if it's his own way of revealing the floodgate of what had been on his mind.
Had she been unprepared? A little (a lot).
Iona squeezes her eyes shut and shivers when he gives her collarbone attention; it's quick and smooth and she wrinkles her nose jokingly at him before sitting back down on her bottom, pushing a finger against his lips and quips at him.]
Okay, I gotta ask. Is this some form of payback for all the times I embarrassed you?
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[It's not so much a protest against him; more like she knows he's just being playfully glib to distract her from what predicting his next actions towards her are going to be. Iona couldn't have foreseen Claude reciprocating her feelings for him in such a manner as if it's his own way of revealing the floodgate of what had been on his mind.
Had she been unprepared? A little (a lot).
Iona squeezes her eyes shut and shivers when he gives her collarbone attention; it's quick and smooth and she wrinkles her nose jokingly at him before sitting back down on her bottom, pushing a finger against his lips and quips at him.]
Okay, I gotta ask. Is this some form of payback for all the times I embarrassed you?