Ultimately, Peter finds out that he wasn't just toying with her after all. Then he toys with her, testing the limits of her resilience he taunts her and she doesn't break down, he teases her with the possibility of escape, and he's full of admiration when her reaction is just to listen and learn.
First he's just upset that he hasn't managed to get Genevieve out of danger - he's never killed an innocent before, and he doesn't want to. Peter is the Iceman - the perfect operative, conscientious, careful, totally dedicated to his job. She doesn't lose her cool, she keeps her dignity, she doesn't whine or have hysterics.
Peter Jensen admires her because she never gives up - she always fights back, even though she doesn't stand a chance against a team of trained professionals. Genevieve Spenser is a wonderful character - she grew up nouveau pauvre, in a family that insists on keeping up appearances despite the fact that the money's all gone, and it gives her a unique mix of effortless cultivation and real toughness. Anne Stuart is known for her bad-boy heroes, but in Cold as Ice it's the heroine who steals the show.
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