Edge laughed, allowing her to help him up. "I wasn't complaining, Ruby. And you recall I did my very best not to see you naked! It's only intrusive if it wasn't intentional, not special. Perhaps if I manage to win out in your estimation, I'll be so fortunate?"

He winked, feeling a little more comfortable with such suggestive banter now that the seeds of doubt had been planted within him. After all, if she was going to choose... she'd choose elsewhere, just as he was used to. That was what he expected, anyway. Though he'd still try, for sure!