Heart palpitations

The next day he'd called her to talk about the next gala they'd been invited to attend. This time, rather than sit mute and do nothing she had a part to play, a very big one at that. 

Mr Henri Knight had been nice enough to send them crucial informations about who the investor was and how they could catch his attention. 

Marcellus looked disinterested by her mere presence, his mood had went from fun to moody since the other night when he'd found out she'd never been intimate with a man. All night she'd pondered hard on why he'd suddenly walked away and left her wanting more after the somewhat embarassing revelation. They had been no other form of talking between them after he called her down, the rest was shuffling of documents and a morbid glare. 

When she stood to leave, she heard him speak. 

"You've never had sex with a man and  you're like what—thirty something? What have you been doing instead of fucking?" Lyra could he