Felix doesn’t redden, so he must not know that N&C is code for sleeping together.
I force myself to smile and say, “I second that.” Picking up my fork, I stab another pepper. “And if she does come over, and you happen to have yummy leftovers of something you personally have cooked, she’ll be properly impressed, without any undue pressure.”
“I’d suggest ‘leftovers’ of your smoked salmon deviled eggs.” Ariel takes a hungry bite of stuffed pepper. “Or maybe that Russian version with the red caviar?”
“And,” Fluffster says in our heads, “let me show her how I wash myself in a dust bath. It seems to really impress the two females I’ve been exposed to.”
“Or anyone with eyes,” Ariel says.
“And sense of cuteness,” I second.
“Thanks, you guys.” Felix takes out his phone and makes notes.
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