“I’m very sorry I called you a jealous little she-cat. Will you come home with me now?”

“That apology wasn’t even kind of sincere.”

He surprised her when he rolled them over so he was on top of her, looking down at her with amusement and affection and desire. “You want sincerity? I can show you sincerity.”

“Are we still talking about jealousy?”

“So you admit you were jealous?”

She poked him in the side with her index finger, drawing a grunt of laughter.

“We’re talking about you and me and making a go of this.”

“Oh. We are?”

Nodding, he smiled as he brought his lips down on hers, kissing her with the sweet tenderness she was coming to expect from him. “Aren’t we?” he asked after several kisses.

“Is that what you want?”

“Yes, Erin. That’s what I want.”

“I thought you liked your freedom.”

“Are you planning to shackle me to your bed? Not that I would object.”

She felt her face go hot at the thought of such things. “You know what I mean.”

He kissed the blush that flamed each cheek. “I do know, and I’ve had a lot of years of freedom. I might be ready to try something else.”

“What if you decide you don’t like it?”

“What wouldn’t I like about flying and hanging out with you the rest of the time?”

“I don’t know. What if we don’t get along when we’re together every day?”

“I’m not worried about getting along with you.” He pressed his hard cock against her core. “We get along just fine.”

“Because it’s new and fun and exciting. What happens when it gets boring and routine?”

“Boring and routine? What do you take me for? I’d never let that happen.”

“Be serious. We both know what happens when the blush wears off the rose.”

“Sweetheart, if I got to hold you and kiss you and make love to you every day, my life would never again be boring or routine. And the blush will never wear off our rose.”

“I worry that you’re not being realistic. We’re not idealistic twentysomethings doing this for the first time, expecting everything to be good times and smooth sailing. We both know better.”

“For what it’s worth, I would be doing this for the first time. And do you want to know why that is?”

Erin nodded.