Oh Merlin. Bella completely understood what many ladies say in Misha in that moment because for a very long moment she thought about pulling him down on top of her. But her rational mind broke through causing Bella to swallow hard as she regained her composure. Her cheeks were flushed, nipples hard, and she might have been clenching the bed in her fists very hard.
“It is very hard,” there was a pause and it might have been deliberate or it might not have. Who knew? Bella sure didn’t, “to believe you without proof, Misha. And-and do not take that as an invitation to prove it to me.” There was a stutter because Bella knew she was playing with fire.