"No," Cassandra replied, watching him under her heavily-lidded eyes. "I prefer sincerity. And I don't think you can really have both of them at the same time."

That would be something though.

She played with his hair absently. The two of them couldn't seem to get enough of each other's hair. It was sort of curious. "You know, I've never really thought of you as being old," she said. "I'm certainly jaded. There's no question of that. But old? Intellectually, I know it's true. But the way you act...it seems young."

Cassandra lifted her head slightly, brushing her lips against his jaw. She couldn't explain what motivated her, but suddenly, she couldn't be close enough.