When Peitho felt his unmistakable pretense, she was sitting in front of her computer editing photos for a client. (As well as the very popular porn site she ran, 'Ava Monroe' had made quite the name for herself over the years as boudoir photographer.)
She turned off the computer screen and got up to walk slowly towards the door, wearing nothing today but a sheer beaded robe.
When she pulled the door open to see him on the other side, looking contrite, she said: "you hurt my feelings." Her own tone was guarded and chilly.
She'd been thinking a lot since Hermes had been gone about the parts he'd been right about. Peitho knew she'd made a mistake, but she hated admitting such a thing.