“Clearly, you have no idea how irresistible you are if you imagine I can lie next to you even one night without the longing to touch you.” He rolled onto his back and tucked his bent arm beneath his head again. “How can I convince you that the only thing that could possibly force me away from you is death? And even then, I’d find a way to get back to you.”
This seems so out of left field since there was no romance in the first book st all. Maybe some light flortivjng via bickering and a single kiss, but that was all.