“I wondered that too but you passed out,” he continued his story, figuring it was safer to end his little tale there than to take it to a dirtier place. Even if she knew he was teasing, they were in public and he did have a vague sense of decency when women were around; even if the woman was one he’d known since they were kids. “But three sounds like a good limit. I’ll keep it to six,” he decided with a grin.
When they reached the club, he glanced up at the sign to make sure it was indeed their destination -- or at least their first stop, if Lily was inclined to club hop -- before pulling the door opening and motioning grandly, “After you,” he encouraged, as if he were a proper gentleman.