A lost cause it might have been, but, oddly enough, she's feeling generous at this point. Quite generous, if the other things on her mind are anything to go by. The schoolgirl feeling hasn't really left and somehow she doubts it will for a long time to come.
That and what manages to claw its way out of her mouth before she even thinks to stop it: "I consider you important to my life."
And because she is Helen Magnus, Nikola can be assured that she means every syllable of what she just said.
However, the fact of the matter is that she is also not prone to expressions of affection that are quite that visible, especially with him. So, in an effort to combat the honesty and vulnerability she just laid bare in front of him, she lets go of him. Kicking off her shoes, she scoots back on the bed and shifts so that she's lying down on her side across the bed. Watching him to see his reaction, she pats the covers invitingly.
It may not be entirely what they both have in mind, as she isn't going to be easy and neither would expect her to be, but if things progress in that direction, she isn't about to stop them.
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That and what manages to claw its way out of her mouth before she even thinks to stop it: "I consider you important to my life."
And because she is Helen Magnus, Nikola can be assured that she means every syllable of what she just said.
However, the fact of the matter is that she is also not prone to expressions of affection that are quite that visible, especially with him. So, in an effort to combat the honesty and vulnerability she just laid bare in front of him, she lets go of him. Kicking off her shoes, she scoots back on the bed and shifts so that she's lying down on her side across the bed. Watching him to see his reaction, she pats the covers invitingly.
It may not be entirely what they both have in mind, as she isn't going to be easy and neither would expect her to be, but if things progress in that direction, she isn't about to stop them.