His raised brow didn't tell her in the least that he had mistaken her joking for a real request, and Kylie didn't consider it. Why would she?
Instead, she listened to his story... although as she did so, her expression changed more than once. She was pleased and interested, at first... and then her head tipped slightly... the corner of her mouth turned down and her eyes slanted. Confusion, then realization. The little frown disappeared, replaced by a thousand-watt smile, one that she dimmed with some effort and then hid behind the lip of her coffee-cup.
"So... the cold rinsing worked, then," she commented when he was finished, arching one blonde brow in his direction.