" I'm still waiting for a moment with our gracious host." Something in his wry smile offsets the intensity in his eyes. Really, he is very handsome. "And in the meantime," he adds, with a sideways glance, "I have you."
He is flirting with her; very gently, but definitely flirting and it's at that moment that Lillian realizes he have no more idea of her identity than she has of his. "

― Hannah Richell , The Peacock Summer