Her blue eyes lifted from the liquid to meet his, earning a raised brow in response.
"Do you really think I would ever give you poison, baby?" Ivan asked in his velvety voice while narrowing his eyes ever so slightly at her.
"Ahem….no," she cleared her throat, silently scolding herself for the poor joke.
He stayed quiet for a moment before speaking in a low voice. "Eve….before you drink it, there is something you should know."
'Why does that sound like the opening of a medical warning?' she thought internally.
"What is it?" she asked softly, immediately catching the hesitation in his tone.
When another brief pause followed, she added lightly, "You are behaving as though it is poison."
Ivan let out a slow sigh. "It is not poison, Eve. But it does have certain natural properties that act as a preventative measure."
"Preventative?" she repeated while narrowing her eyes.
'Preventative of what? Baldness? Death? Regret?' her thoughts started to run wild.
