<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi chuckled as Ayla grumbled silently to herself, though he could hear every minute of it. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">“I did…”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"> he said, blushing still. </span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ccff99">Even though the two of them took their time walking back, it was still a half hour before Ayla finally found her way to joining them in the study, dressed in her usual attire for her day off of men’s pants and soft linen shirt. She knocked twice, out of habit mostly, before walking in slowly, cheeks still inflamed as she sank into her usual chair, the orb hovering over her right shoulder.</span>