"...Three weeks, then," Rose said after a moment. It wasn't the best deal, but she was getting tired of sparring with him and wanted to be left alone to work. Whatever consequences came of this, she'd deal with when the time was up. "And no tongue."
Wanting to get it over with, she reached up to cup the back of his head with one hand, pulling it down closer to her height, and kissed him. Firmly, business-like, and with as little emotion as possible. She'd never said it would be a good kiss.