THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT a hater would say, though. his lips quirk, wanting to smile teasingly at her, but jesper reigns it in before she figures out he’s just winding her up. mustering all the sobriety he can, he nods, and his voice drops to something rougher, more gravelly — a decent parody of brekker’s rasp.
“ welcome to the discomfort zone — ” nope, nope, he can’t do this. jesper manages to hold the sombre expression for about two seconds longer, and then he laughs. “ — oh, relax. a capable lady like yourself has nothing to fear from this job, ”
except … getting caught, and tried, and hanged. but that’s what jesper was here for, to keep it from happening, from coming even close to happening. “ the pay? uh, let me see here — this is the starting offer. you’re welcome to negotiate a higher rate from the person hiring us, but i’ll be honest with you: they’re more interested in putting bullets in their employees than entertaining the notion of haggling over prices. there’s almost ten thousand kruge in that envelope, and there’s more to be had upon completing the job, ”
he holds the envelope out to her, but stops still half way through the action, eyes narrowing as if in challenge. “ so. are you in? ”
a loud laugh escapes her lips and she’s quick to cover her mouth with her hand, she was certain if he overheard such antics he’d have jesper killed. or so the rumors said, in truth she knew very little about dirtyhands at all, and the times they HAD interacted, she wasn’t sure 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑.
“ you spend 𝒻𝒶𝓇 too much time with him ! he’s rubbing off one you, ” upturned lips reveal she’s only joking and her hands drop comfortably down to her hips once more, bobbing her head back and forth in thought, “ not as long as i have company, ” she gives him a pointed look, “ i JUST got my hair cut, i don’t want it all messed up. ” she was a girl with standards, after all. odette eyed the envelope and grinned, so maybe those standards 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 for the right price, but she would be an idiot to pass up on such a large amount.
she hums, playfully tapping her lips in thought, “ okay ! you’ve convinced me with your horrid impression. if we leave now we can be back in time for drinks. ” she raises an eyebrow, 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝, dangerous as it was, it gave her a rush she had fallen in love with.