cerynitiis:

      ❝ WELL, I’ll be certain to tell Mr. Hermes that, then, sir. ❞  Careful smile tugs at cerise lips, serious expression waning.   ❝ Perhaps he was merely worried some of his female guests were not yet twenty-one. Pardon my boldness, but are you?  ❞

                    “Please do. I’m very
                    disappointed in him.”

          With a small sigh, he lightened a
          cigarette && took a long drag from
          it. At her question, he carefully
          blew the smoke away before letting
          out a loud laugh.

                    “I’m unsure if I’m
                     offended or flattered.
                     Of course I am. I get
                     that you aren’t?”