Tess was, in fact, coming onto him. Which, honestly, was a surprise even to herself, since she hadn't necessarily meant to. It was harmless flirting when she'd first sat down.
But she'd be damned if she didn't finish what she started, especially given her longstanding crush on her sister's sometime business partner. She ate the last few spoonfuls of stew and took a long gulp of her ale, as instructed.
But instead of rising from the table right away, she instead leaned in real far, meeting his eyes as she lowered her voice. "My sister will kill you if you fuck me," she said, though the mischief in her eyes made pretty clear that this wasn't necessarily meant as a deterrent, so much as a statement of fact. "You sure you wanna make that offer?"