❛ I'm glad you met me here on such short notice, darlin'. ❜ demure ( deceptively) is his smile behind the lip of his wine glass, ❛ i figured you'd like to know the queen's diamond's will be in town soon. i wanted to meet up so we could ... discuss a date to go see them. ❜
--- The invitation had been met with tentative curiosity; likely the biggest rival she possessed in this particular business, she was hard pressed to join him. Could have been a trap, after all, to keep her out of the game and take sole spotlight for himself...but inevitably, while cautious, her own curiosity won out and thus far she'd not been disappointed as she sat with him at the table.
--- It was secluded, comfortable, and then wine was brought to her lips in turn, chocolate gaze remaining on the rim of the glass and peering into the liquid as if he could have poisoned it somehow. She lifted them over it, eyeing him with a lofted brow. ' That so? Your invitation caught me by surprise, I confess. I almost didn't come. ' she snorted, honest.
--- After a pause, she sipped at the wine and licked her lips soon after. Only at the mention of the Queen's diamonds, did she perk up and set the glass down, immediately leaning forward and resting arms upon the table between them. Finally, a smirk broadened her features at the information as her own excitement piqued. ' The Queen's diamonds, huh? ' Fangs were revealed as she grinned. ' And you want to...what? Go on a date? ' a purr, amused, drumming well manicured nails over the table. ' Are we splitting the bill? ' she asked, question of the rewards distribution rather obvious.