“Still think it’s fuckin’ adorable that you really believe I would remotely feel put upon by lookin’ after the woman I love—or that you could make me do a damn thing I didn’t want to.” He chuckled as he started uncovering plates to see what was what. “You’re about six stories too short to scare me, and you can’t control a man with no heart. So, uh—“

He glanced up and over at her with a grin, enjoying the way she looked him over with that wicked heat in her eyes, making him feel weirdly claimed again by the intensity of her gaze.

“—shut up and enjoy the view.”