The pencil that had been holding her hair up slid out and clattered over the side of the booth to the floor. Kitty only recognized that was what happened because her hair fell from the loose knot to spill over her shoulders and his hand. When he stopped, she protested, chasing his mouth for another kiss.

"Don't apologize. Please don't apologize." She touched her hand to his jaw and smiled. "I wanted that as much as you did. I mean, assuming you did want it..." And why would he have kissed her if he didn't want to?