Well, it's a good thing you can come visit anytime you want.

[In all honesty, he probably spends quite a bit of time in her room. Not even doing anything besides quietly reading in her library. Sometimes it's nice to have a space to just focus on a book.

His eyes narrow, just a touch.]

I am very clever, though. [Even so. If someone else figures it out on their own, will the House assume he told them? Maybe he has a vested interest in making sure nobody else knows.

Either way, he runs his hands up her stomach, teasing her skin and sliding over the curve of her chest just slight. Yes, he's trying to distract her.] Is this really what you want to talk about, right now?