"You're making fun of me," Percy commented, and if it had come from anyone else, he'd be out the door already, but he doesn't move, instead he holds tighter.
"I wanted to be Minister. I worked my entire life to be Minister, and now- I want you more than I want that job. That's what I put on the line and I was not going to do that for sex. No sex is worth that," he said, knowing that Cass probably disagreed, but he couldn't imagine giving up his dreams for an orgasm. "So, yeah, the answer would have be no no matter how many times you would have asked unless you were willing to commit. So yes, a sense of duty."