"Don't tell," she said, twining their fingers together and then using that grip to tug him in for a kiss. "I'd hate for it to get around that I can occasionally be inspired to be a helper for real." A soft laugh and another kiss. "But, truly, my darling...I don't understand how a man so clear about the value of things can be so unaware of the value in himself."

She blamed Regis. It was one of the many reasons she was going to kill him again.