"I'd expected you to not lie to me," she replied, looking down at her fingers lightly tracing idyllic patterns on his thigh. "You know I dislike those that hide from me or pretend that they don't need my help, don't you, Zelus?"
Nails were gently dragged down the other immortal's thigh before Aphrodite backed up once more, a perfectly innocent smile on her face. While she was seductive and could be loving, Aphrodite was more than infamous for her not-so-pretty ways of dealing with denial or ignorance.