The smile that stretched across Shae's lips widened as his new companion proceeded to dig herself ever deeper into the hole she'd created. He assumed humor would be her response, or maybe just a casual brush-off; he'd been teasing her, for Chrissake! She was giving this actual thought, wasn't she?
Mon Dieu, he was going to have fun with this.
"Take as good a look as you lahk, Miss Nina," he said with a wink, smoothly retrieving his apartment key from his pocket. "I don' blush easy." Ah, but apparently she did- and wasn't that a pretty color on her? Shae surprised himself by reaching toward her and playfully tapping her under the chin, then withdrawing to slip his key into the lock.
...only the door didn't want to open. Oh, COME ON.
His devious smile instantly disappeared as he jiggled the handle, then withdrew the key and tried again. The locking mechanism was working, he could feel it turn and hear it click. What the hell was wrong? He huffed in frustration and, in a small burst of violence, pummeled the door with his forearm. Apart from a loud THWUMP at the contact, the wood refused to give.