"Because you didn't work, and made love to me all day?" he asked.
"I have a deadline."
"And you'll meet it."
"Maybe I should just stay a while," she suggested with a shrug. "Save time running back to my house."
His eyes gleamed. "I was hoping you'd do that."
"That's if the invitation is open."
"I want you here, my love, with me all the time"
"You call me your love?" She liked the sound of it, the way he caressed the words with his soft voice.
"Because I love you," he said, as if she should already understand, even though it was the first time he'd said "I love you" just that way. The pronouncement delivered so naturally, it was hardly a surprise hearing the affectionate words, and still the honest message jolted her.
"You do?" she replied in wonder.
"Is that so difficult to fatho
