He wasn't inaccurate. Layla was almost always the first one to raise her hand to offer the answer, oftentimes her fingers twitching with eagerness as if she couldn't contain her excitement about the lesson. The first one to volunteer, but never the first one picked in a group. And she was okay with that. She liked herself. "Doing my best is always important." It wasn't simply about the grades. Lips twisted, as if debating whether or not his statement was accurate. "You're joking, right?" Surely he was! Though Rhett Butler did use the d-word in Gone with the Wind.
"It is never wise to bet against me, Aleksei!" she laughed. "I always think things through and often times there is even research involved!"
Layla nodded. "That's right. I could be trying to fill your mind with all kinds of bad thoughts and actions without you even realizing it. Like making you want to study. You're alone with me, after all. And you already said I'm very well spoken." Layla paused. "How am I doing so far? Do you want to study?"