Rolling onto his back, he grinned as she threw a leg over him and straddled him, his hands settling on her thighs and sliding farther up. His head tipped up just slightly to return the kiss, lapping at her lips before he let it sink back down to the mattress.

"You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," he murmured softly, just another way to say he loved her too. "My Mary."