He opened his eyes. "Hi."

She smiled. "Hi yourself, detective,"

He squeezed her buttocks. "I'm almost afraid to hear what you have to say."

"I'm not talking myself out of anything, Stefan." She inched up, running her tongue over the seam of his mouth before she kissed him.

He groaned, trapping her in his arms.

"We're amazing together, aren't we?" she said, and he shifted them to the side, running his hand over the curve of her hip.

"Oh, yeah."

"So what happened when you stayed in the ...