Killian laughed. "You give me too much praise," he said to her. "I am different from you. But you, on the other hand, looked so cute and defenceless when those females attacked you. They must have been fooled by how adorable you looked. That’s why they attacked you without thinking twice. And the way you caught them in a headlock and bit off a chunk of flesh–how did you do it?"
He asked, sounding genuinely confused.
"Did what?" Inez asked with a frown.
"How did you shift from being cute to fierce in just one second?" he replied, and it only made Inez frown even harder.
Inez paused. She slowly turned to look at the man beside her, and while taking offence to his words, she said to him, "I am not cute." Did he even look at her carefully? She was a siren. A siren was supposed to be beautiful and seductive. How could she be cute?
Looking at her scowl at him, Killian smiled at her. "You are so many things, Inez. And you are definitely cute."
"I am a siren."
"Who said that a siren cannot be cute? Even cuteness had a touch of seduction to it." He pointed at her before remarking, "Especially when you smile. You look really cute."
’You look cute when you smile.’
Recalling the praise that was once given to her by someone else, Inez narrowed her eyes and stated, "I don’t look cute when I smile. In fact, I don’t even smile."
She did. It was rare to see her smile, but she usually did it when she was alone or with someone she trusted.
"I have seen you smile," said Killian, which only made the woman frown.
"No, you didn’t."
"Yes, I have," stated Killian with a wink. "You get dimples when you smile."
"No, I don’t!" Inez snapped. Why was this man so hung up on her smile? There was no way she got dimples when she smiled, or did she?
"Oohh, I really love that prim and proper tone of yours," Killian whistled as he pushed open the door of the main lodge and stepped aside for Inez to enter the lodge first. "You sound like a really strict teacher."
"Then what are you? A disobedient student?"
"One who needs to be taught a lesson as soon as possible," replied Killian with a hearty wink.
Inez had to bite her tongue because she could feel herself smiling at his teasing remark. She really couldn’t smile at the moment, or else she was worried that he would point out the so-called dimples. She said, "I have absolutely no response for that."
"Then you can give me a kiss. I am open to the options."
Seeing his teasing and impish expression on his face, Inez understood what was going on. She blinked her eyes and stated, "You are trying to play with me." Since she was used to playing with boys, she was used to joking around, but this playing was rather different.
"And you played along with me," Killian remarked smugly. Though it was little progress, he was slowly drawing Inez out of her shell. She was finally letting him in.
"You are such a jerk."
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