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Very handsome. Mack grinned at her, teeth baring wide and he sat up straighter so he could look at her properly. ‘’Objectively? Are you telling me now that you just see me as an object?’’ He was playing with her, somewhat possibly similar to a large animal playing with a smaller one. Just before they devour their prey whole.
‘’You know, I thought times had moved past the whole objectifying women. And here you are, objectifying me.’’ Of course he knew he was handsome. Mack was handsome, and he used that a lot more often to his gain than one morally should. ‘’You really oughta be deeply ashamed of yourself, chicken.’’ He wanted to pull away the attention of what she had originally came here for, his eyebrows raised and a cunning smile playing along his lips. ‘’If you really wanted to help, we could go somewhere,,, quieter.’’
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“I meant objectively as in, not subjectively? Like, it’s not really a matter of opinion and more of a fact, really?” Once again Miriam put her foot firmly in her mouth, her optimism slowly faltering as she accepted the drab reality of maybe not being able to fix this. He really didn’t need to tell her to be ashamed, though. Her gaze dropped down to the floor and the bright blush on her face proved that she already got the shame part covered. “I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to offend.”
She perked up fast after that, the fact that he still accepted her help however was quite suprising, her offer standing more than ever now that she had something to make up for. “Yeah, absolutely. Whatever works for you.” Accepting help was a brave thing all on its own. Allowing it in front of other people was a step that could be taken later. Right now she was just thankful to be useful. And for the change of topic, maybe.














