he has to bite the inside of his cheek to stop from laughing, not wanting to actually anger rosalie. teasing her, toeing the line of watching her fall prey to the same sins he was already a slave to.. those things were fun. angering her to where she went screaming of his impurity and rule breaking was not on the cards he wished to play tonight. "rosie.." he trails off, not really sure what to say. but his tone is soft, gentle in a way he didn't really show anyone else. despite his knowledge that her father would never approve, it didn't stop him from treating his little rose differently than most others. her finding him in this moment was almost poetic justice. "what if the creature of my desires is being kept from my grasps?" he could have married any other girl, was certain he'd have been given approval, but that didn't matter to avery. he only wanted one. "you don't always have to kill the infection to end it, sometimes a person can be saved." though the salvation he was after was hardly what she might have in mind, but he was hoping she'd get there with him. sitting back on the bed, avery can't help but reach and slowly touch himself, fist wrapping around his cock lazily and wondering if she was going to yell at him for it. the question she asks finally brings that cocky charmer to the surface once more, and he can't help the expression on his face. "i was watching a man and a woman have sex.. i was thinking about how much i wanted to be doing that same thing to a beautiful rose here, how i've been dying to touch her for so long it might just be my undoing." he confesses it plainly, she'd asked for him to expose his sins, after all.