Before Laurena could vocalize this realization, Sapphire arrived. "What are you two gloomies pouting about over here?" she teased them with a smirk, as she pulled David's face down for a kiss. It was a short one, as she pulled back quickly with a disgusted look on her face.
"Yuck," she spat. "What did I tell you about kissing me after you've been smoking?" she demanded in annoyance.
"That it's manly and invigorating?" David teased.
"Close, but what I actually said 'Don't ever do it again'!" she snapped back in annoyance.
"Yes, dear," he said with faux chagrin at his castigation.
Sapphire sighed at his antics. Sometimes he was like child. A big child. A big, handsome, deliciously sexy, man-child. Catching a whiff of the lingering cigarette smell, she quickly amended her thought. A big,
