It's a rare opportunity, it must be used well.
Give her a little lesson, teach her properly.
"Secondly, you failed to control your emotions when you were at a disadvantage, letting the anxiety in your heart run rampant, which almost caused a disaster."
"Fortunately, you snapped back to your senses... uh, is that expression because you don't understand? Fine, let me put it another way."
He saw a hint of confusion flicker in Valentina's eyes, evidently, high-level vocabulary was a bit too sophisticated for her still catching up on her studies.
"Luckily, you came to your senses in the end, otherwise, I really would have to punish you this time."
Herbert chuckled, released his fingers, and gently pinched the pink cheek he had reddened, softly saying: "No, the one who punishes you won't be me, nor any other resident, but yourself."
"If I wasn't here and something really happened, with your personality, you would have no idea how much self-reproach you'd feel afterwards!"
