"Ooouch," Misha laughed, his feelings entirely intact and unhurt. He was the first one who would have admitted a lack of study time during his school years, although his grades had done well enough without it.
"Well, what can I say? Prior to this year I was a student. Now that I'm a teacher, with so many attractive students looking to me for information, I thought I needed to learn a little more about..."
His eye flicked down to the book in front of Bella, and then up again to look her in the eyes.
"Illegal breeding."
The innuendo was still there, but his tone was anything but humorous this time. He knew that pursuing Bella was an idiotic, bordering on illegal, idea, but he still couldn't help himself.