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despecto : overlook, despise, look down upon.

Peeking back he saw her standing unmoved by his corner, regarding him with a faintly puzzled, narrow eyed look. Good, she was well on her way to despising him already, but she couldn't ever hate him more than he loathed himself.

He fisted his hands in his trousers and focused on breathing deeply and evenly.

Everyone stared, but no one was more surprised than he, when the chair next to him gently scraped against the floor and Maeve slipped into it with a rustle of dark robes.

He had a biting remark ready, but she didn't even glance his way.

Edited by the matchless renaid.