Why she had used her words and not her actions to get Caius away from her, Cynthia didn't know.
Well, actually she knew and it was the reason her subconscious had driven her to stipulate this impossible challenge in the first place.
"Hm," Caius intoned with a smile and took his hand off her thigh causing Cynthia to release his wrist but she didn't do anything about his arm around her waist.
Caius raised his free hand that had only recently been on Cynthia's thigh and placed it on her back instead pulling her even closer which should have been impossible because Cynthia felt there shouldn't have been any more space left between them.
Caius stared into her eyes. That look that had gotten Cynthia's heart to beat in trepidation was there again and just like before, her heart thudded in powerful beats that Caius could feel with their chest pressed up against each other as they were.
