"But right now," she turned in his embrace again, fingers curling against the collar of his shirt as she tried to pull his face to hers, "I want to keep you to myself."

Her upset temporarily cooled and her flirtatious side warming up, Pippa forgot her earlier self-promise to abstain in the studio and pressed a nibbling kiss to Rory's chin, then his jaw. "You're here to see me, after all. Aren't you?"