A quick snort and Lexi rolled her eyes. "Lord, you're such a man." She bowed her head again, pressing her lips to his hand. "You make me miserable," she admitted. "But I can't live without you. You're my greatest friend, as well as... As whatever else I feel. The misery is tempered, I assure you, but a deep and abiding happiness simply by being in your presence. It is not a 'one or the other' situation, Arthur. It simply is."