"What do you mean?"
I thought of Felicity Saint Cloud, along all the other women that Flynn had been linked to. Every single one of them had been absolutely gorgeous.
I forced a laugh. "I mean,whohave you kissed that's supposedly worse than me? Don't tell me you've dated any regular girls lately."
Flynn gave me a look. It was one of those long, inscrutable looks that always made me feel just a little bit nervous.
Just when I'd concluded that he wouldn't grace me with a reply, he said, "You remember the witch?"
I felt my brow wrinkle in confusion. "Which witch?"
"The one inSwordstone."
My eyes narrowed. I did remember. She was a hideous, festering thing who'd refused to reveal a critical secret unless Flynn's character gave her – yup, you guessed it – a freaking kiss.
Well, this was just terrific.
His words from a minute ago hung between us like an ugly stench."Hey, I've kissed worse."
Jackass.
So, if I understood him correctly, he placedmesomewhere between Felicity Saint Cloud and someone with warts that literally oozed.
Technically, his assessment was accurate, and I wouldn't've found it so terribly insulting if I didn't strongly suspect that on that little spectrum of his, I rated scarily close to the witch.
I gave him a look. "Just so you know,I'vekissed worse, too."
This was actually true. Everyone I'd ever kissed would pale in comparison to Flynn Archer, unless we were comparing personalities, in which case, no one – and I mean, no one – was worse than him.
Looking annoying unruffled, he said, "Yeah? Good to know."
It was definitely time to move on. "Just tell me. What, specifically, do you want me to do? In the restaurant, I mean."
He shrugged. "That's up to you."
"Me?"
"Yeah. Play it however you want."
Given my current mood, this was a dangerous thing for him to say. I almost smiled at the possibilities. "Oh. So I can improvise?"
"That depends," he said. "Are you gonna go for my nuts?"
I drew back. "What?"
"I’m just saying, you've got that look."
"What look?"
"Like you wanna chew them up and spit them out."
Actually, I'd been thinking of a good scalding, no chewing needed. But that was beside the point.
I rolled my eyes. "Don't worry. Your nuts are safe."
Probably.