Howard Stark doesn't give up. (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} keptlooking) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} toboldlyrpg, |
Howard didn't move, didn't react much to Natalia's advances. Not because he didn't want to, he was only a man after all, but because it was all part of the game. It was cat and mouse at that moment, and Natalia thought she was the cat who was playing with her food before she took a bite. She was pulling out all the stops and were he a lesser man, he might have succumbed. But Howard was nobody's fool and even if he didn't have all the money the world here and now, he was used to coming across entirely too bold women who thought they could snare him with a roll in the hay and nothing more. It was going to take more than a pretty face and lowered inhibitions to get his attention.
He turned away slightly, focusing on his drink with a shrug. "If people want to shower me with compliments, I'm not going to stop them." He took a drink after he spoke, as if to punctuate his near-indifference even though he was hyper aware of her reaction.