cheek.
"Unless you've changed sexes recently, that seems likely."
"My, ah, bulge should affirm that's not the case."
"We're talking about the necklace box, right?"
"Anything else would be crude." He waggled his eyebrows at her.
She snorted and leaned in, lips parting in invitation. Ridge bent his head, and, as they melted together, remembered the first time they had kissed. The warm sea breeze and the last rays of the summer sun were so different from the frigid conditions in that cave high in the Ice Blades. How long ago had that been? Eight months? Nine? Not so long in the grand scheme of things, but they had been through so much that it seemed that he had known Sardelle forever. He couldn't imagine not spending the rest of his life with her now.
"Ridge?" Sardelle murmured, pulling back.
"Hm?" He blinked, disappointed that the kissing had stopped.
"I didn't bring this blanket out here so we could stand on it."
"Oh, I see. Yes, I'm sure we can find a better use for it."
He grinned, and they soon returned to kissing, and other things. Jaxi, fortunately, did not comment until much later.
THE END
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