He gave me a perplexed look. “Only last night? That’s weird. I’ve always thought myself as a very attractive man on a twenty-four-seven basis.”
I laughed. His first good joke! “That’s not what I meant, Johnny Bravo. Your body temp, how did you raise it so high?”
“It’s something we can do. Our blood pumps faster than the blood of humans. I just had to increase the pace a little.”
“Thanks for that. I thought my fingers were going to start falling off due to frost bite.”
“You’re welcome. It scared me to see you so sick. But it did give me a good excuse to hold you as you slept again.” His velvety smooth voice sounded so sincere.
I didn’t want to get my hopes up, and I didn’t want to ask in case he shot me down again. The only thing left was to change the subject.
“What time did you lea
