There he went again with making her want to blush, but maybe she could play along with this game. He was cute, after all, and he liked her tea. So she lifted her gaze to him and put on a slow half-smile borrowed directly from Maddy, the expression that always said I am confident and in control and irresistible. It wasn't Mona's smile and it never sat so well on her face, never spoke so naturally as when Maddy wore it.
"Such flattery," she said (and the purr was instead stolen from Margo). "I'm sure you're the exceptional one here."