If the threat was intended to make him back down, it backfired. Tony's eased posture was warping back into the rigid challenge with a breath under its heat, the puff of his chest drawing his shoulders square again and back straight. Just a shift, and he was back to his full height, meeting her grin with a lopsided one of his own. "See, those are contradicting desires. If I could just start with you and teach you that trusting me with what you want from the outset is the most efficient approach to an ideal outcome, we could change the whole market system. I know what you want, singular desire, in a range of delivery methods," he replied, clipped business delivery, unblinking, gesture restrained to hip level but teasing dangerously close to hers.