With callousness, leveraging my notes (Pink Trigger)

"Miss Rosa... I know that you're currently unwed. I know that you have a tendency to sleep with men you think you can be of advantage to you. Furthermore, I am in a position to help you greatly with these notes, painting a picture of you as a bastion of reason in that noisy conference. I think you understand where I'm going with this?"

I was worried I might get angry Rosa, but instead, I got wounded Rosa. That hurt my heart a bit. It wasn't easy calling out someone I loved, but I would do it if necessary.

"But... Player... We only have two days here. There is not enough time to... do what you're asking."

Ha! Who needs two days to have sex? Come on, Rosa... quit playing hardball. I put on a smile and told her that there were ways to move forward without risking the scandal of sleeping together. If she would let me do what I liked here in the kitchen, then for the rest of the conference, we'd be co-conspirators... Two adults working together, without acknowledging that connection. No one would be the wiser.

"I... I..."

Her timidness was cute, but unwanted at the moment, specifically because I heard someone approaching through the servant's entrance. No, damn it! I'm not going to be killed by a damn iron poker again after the set-up I've put in. Rather than waiting there and trying to deflect things the assailant threw at me, I'd take a different course of action!