"You certainly know how to flatter a woman," she replied though she couldn't help but smile. For some reason those words meant something to her. "And likewise." Cormac seemed to do a very good job of holding her attention. "He doesn't need to throw me off the Eiffel Tower when he knows about a thousand other ways to destroy me," Astoria said. She nodded at the suggestion, however. "That or I'll go alone if I have to."
"Sorry, I just can't let you win," she said, shaking her head and laughing. She had been speechless, it was true, but that didn't mean she had to admit it.