"Well?" Everest urged in a deceptively calm tone as the silence persisted.
Raymond was uncomfortable, it was clear in the way he folded into himself but he was not so much of a coward that he would abandon her to the younger man's questioning.
"We came across a farm after our encounter with Sofia and in order to endear ourselves to the couple who owned it, we pretended that we were also a married couple."
Everest shifted his gaze from Pearl to Raymond (to the redhead's relief), intrigued by the story he was telling.
"So you were forced to kiss to keep up appearances while you were there, correct?" He questioned, looking between the two.
They nodded in sync.
Their overall behaviour came off as more than a little suspicious to the grey-eyed man but Raymond had given him no reason to be
