Formalities. That was all he heard falling from Lucius’ lips. However James had a set of manners of his own, though they were flimsy at best, and they were used to humor Lucius’ extension of conversation with nods of gratitude. The extension of his hand to Lily however burned that good form, and he frowned suspiciously at the man. What just happened?
His eyes shot from the man to his hand and back in attempts to process it all. It wasn’t until Lily accepted did his eyebrows raise up on his forehead. He hadn’t expected this and the surprise clearly had shown on his face. He turned his look of interest to her as a smart comment formed on his tongue. The look she gave him warned him to not. So he didn’t. Instead he simply looked back at Lucius’ with a forced smile.
“Does this mean I’m next?” he asked innocently as he raised his glass to take a sip.