By the time Seraphine got into the passenger seat, there was a lightness in her mood that hadn't been there earlier, like some of the pressure weighing on her had finally eased, and the moment she told Corvine about Zane coming on board, his reaction came fast and unfiltered.
"Do you have some kind of charm that makes men fold the second they see you, or is there something I'm missing here?" Corvine asked, glancing at her with a teasing grin that made it clear he wasn't entirely joking.
He still couldn't wrap his head around it, because someone like Zane wasn't the type to bend easily, yet somehow, Seraphine had gotten him to agree to walk away from everything and start over, all because she saved his father.
Seraphine leaned back slightly, a knowing smile on her lips as she replied, "Isn't that the same reason you're here with me, or should I assume I used that same charm on you too?"
