Regardless of his determination to not, there was no stopping the slight heat that her offer brought up to his ears and for a moment all he could do was level her with a flat, suspicious look. She looked impish enough that it was almost cute and the best he could manage was a pointedly raised brow in return.

"You did that on purpose," he accused, and while his tone of dry there was already the slightest bit of a smirk starting to pull at the corners of his mouth. "Is this how it's going to go? I try to treat you like a normal boring teenage girl and you take advantage of me? You're lucky I want to see you in a bathing suit or I'd revoke the beach trip idea."