If she'd went for his lips? He'd of gone with it. Slight weakness for strong ladies who know what they want, you know. The surprise was because it was such a soft move from her. And cute.

"You look like a woman who could handle a baboon. But this is a high social event. Best that the lady not break her nails." It was a soft tease, even if she was back to teasing him about being a gent. He could be, sometimes.

And damn, that lowered eye blush was... eye catching. As much as he wanted to lean in and kiss her, he told himself it wasn't worth it, to him or mostly to her. He gave her a kind smile. "Speaking of social events. We should get you back to your table, hmm? There's more Navy snobs for you to fleece." As much as he would much rather stay here and... right. He definitely needed to not get attached.