Shocked, as if struck by lightning, Arabella froze. Her wide green eyes locked onto Cassius's, staring at him as though he had just summoned a dragon from thin air.
What did he just say?
Bathe?
BATHE WHO?!
"NO!" The word tore from her lips, sharp and immediate. Her arms snapped around her chest, her narrowed eyes blazing with fury. "You said you wouldn't do anything like t-that to me! Are you going back on your word?!"
Cassius arched a brow, unimpressed. He observed her as if she were a cornered cat, ready to scratch his face off at the slightest provocation. With a sigh, he relented, "I said that?" He let the question linger, then, seeing the fire in her glare, decided against teasing further. "I won't do anything. If I had wanted to do something like that, I would have done it from the start. But you need a bath."
