Re: Side Rooms: Emerson and Piper
"Yeah. What did you think I wanted?" he asked with a very amused grin as he took a drag of his cigarette. He counted it as a victory that they hadn't barged in and insisted he put it out again.
Honestly, he'd been aiming for someone either too old or too young to be a visual distraction for him. For some reason he'd gone right with "gorgeous" and "in his age group," two things that weren't at all on the list of criteria.
"Don't be offended or anything. I count it as a bonus that you'll look amazing while you're cleaning the house," he added, that too-pleased grin still tugging at the corners of his mouth.