“We shall not be indiscreet here in the broad light of day,” she said, but she’d left a question in the words when she’d intended a stern admonition.

He smiled down at her. “Someday, Gillian, I will have you writhing and moaning in the broad light of day. Outdoors even.”

“You’d get leaves in my hair.” She could afford the humor, because he was behaving.

“Among other places, but then I’d help you remove them.”