For a moment, she was deluded enough to think he meant her, and the tone of soft awe and reverent respect sent a warm glow through her chest to the rest of her body. Then she realized he was bent over at the waist, and had his entire attention fixated on... a flower.
“What's that?” She tried to keep any crossness from out of her voice, but wasn't sure she'd succeeded, especially when he turned from the flower long enough to blink bemusedly at her.
“It's a rare plant from Indonesia. I didn't think it could grow in this climate.”
“Oh,” she said. He turned back to the flower, and she made a note not to date any more botanists, particularly when they wanted to take long nature walks for a date.
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For a moment, she was deluded enough to think he meant her, and the tone of soft awe and reverent respect sent a warm glow through her chest to the rest of her body. Then she realized he was bent over at the waist, and had his entire attention fixated on... a flower.
“What's that?” She tried to keep any crossness from out of her voice, but wasn't sure she'd succeeded, especially when he turned from the flower long enough to blink bemusedly at her.
“It's a rare plant from Indonesia. I didn't think it could grow in this climate.”
“Oh,” she said. He turned back to the flower, and she made a note not to date any more botanists, particularly when they wanted to take long nature walks for a date.
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