Martin talked nonsense in all seriousness. Seeing him like that, Paige said with great interest, "I'll stay in school. I won't go anywhere."
"How can that be?" Martin blew her hair and said, "What if you put your classmates in danger? I'm glad that I have nothing to do these days, so I can stay at home with you."
If Rhys heard that, chances were, he might cry his head off in the company.
"Besides, I've got a laboratory here," Martin kept persuading Paige. "Aren't you the most experimental person? I'll have someone send over whatever materials you need, and I promise not to disturb you while you're doing your experiments."
He thought, of course, when you are not doing experiments, we can do all kinds of intimate things.
But I won't say this out loud.
"Fine."
She agreed, which surprised him. He couldn't stop grinning. "Then I will send you back to school when it's safe."
"OK."