"That's arguable," Cecilia replied, though she still looked pleased. It was ridiculous, but she liked the little affirmation that he was attracted to her, no matter how vague or abstract it may have been. It wasn't even really that she worried about that sort of thing, but he'd certainly seen her at her worst. Many times.
"It does feel that way," she agreed. "Almost feels like we lost out on a lot of time we could have been..." Cecilia realized she had no idea how to end that sentence, so she let it trail off and shrugged. "I thought about it at least a couple of times, but I always chickened out. I can't honestly say if I ever would have acted on any of it if you hadn't. So I'm glad you're either braver or stupider than I am, depending on how you want to look at it." She still had that little grin to show she was joking. Mostly.