Words on a page were never the same as hearing it from the source. It might not have looked like she was listening that closely, but she drank in every word like it was the cleanest oxygen. A lot of men in his position wouldn't have still wanted anything to do with that work that had gotten him captured. He really was like her in that way.

In the end, she lifted her head and kissed him with great tenderness. "You know something?" She kissed him again. "I love you."