Alphen...did not think she'd just come out and say it. There was no interpreting those words any other way than what they actually meant and if her hand had been on his chest she would have been able to easily feel it thumping even wilder in his chest.

"I..." Oh that was not a refusal of what she was offering. He was just struggling to come up with an answer that would be on par with what she was offering up. His eyes followed her hand and more of that exquisite body was revealed to his gaze as it grew hotter and hungrier to boot.

"I thought I would have to say it first..."