
Her eyes narrowed down at him, and her lips formed a thin line. “The way I spend my time doesn’t pertain to you, now does it?”
He spoke as if she’d offended him. Shouldn’t a kid like him be enjoying his life instead of running some stupid toy company?
As if she had room to talk.
“It wasn’t a jab at your life, kid. It was just a statement.”
“It was a rhetorical question, I don’t actually care.”

He took a good look at what she was wearing and sighed. Another person who looked ether homeless or out of their mind.
“Do you plan on making any more ‘statements’?”
The Earl didn’t even flinch. “Is that supposed to be a threat?” he teased, his eyes then focusing on the metal arm...
She half-growled at him, her metal fist rising in front of her, clenched. “You should be damned grateful you’re a...