<em>"I am, how astute of you. I am not here looking for sex, though the lovely Lady is I believe; rather I am seeking models, for a project of mine, a particularly private one that I would hate to hear any information about was leaked. Including just who I choose to model. So Valentine, can you assure me that your people are discreet?"</em><br/><br/>How rude, no title used. Ryan almost decided to just kick him out of the Teahouse for lack of manners. And.. he was in his right to do so. Afterall, the Teahouse has a reputation to keep up. If the more royal clientèle had even a suspicion certain other clients were less then savoury, they would think the whores to be somehow infected by this. They did have sex with them.<br/>His eyes had narrowed slightly, but hardly noticeable. It would probably take a doctor or an artist to see the shift in emotion behind his businessman mask.<br/>Thought at Nicolas' next words, and the pointing finger, his emotion broke through the mask, be it briefly, before he turned his attention to Atticus, not paying all too much attention to Florence.<br/><br/>Of course he could read the man. His tension was so clear to his eye it made his heart bleed.<br/><br/>"Atticus...," he said, quietly, quite warm "To my side, please."<br/><br/>He intended to let the man decide for himself. With his past and his current position, both under Ryan's roof and in his heart, he had earned this much.<br/><br/>"You must understand though, sir, that Atticus is not a whore and having him pose for you would be more expensive than asking for someone who actually holds such a position in my House," he said to Nicolas, fingers meeting each-other just below his chin in a small bridge.<br/>"Asides that, even if you wished two whores at the same time, for whatever reason, the price would be three times that of one, due to two whores being able to be active at the same time and the sheer fact they both will be busy and thus not obtainable by any other client."<br/><br/>Only then his mind went over the subtle changes he had seen in Florence and he started to wonder just how innocent this lady actually was. Not that it was his business..