Cormac grinned. "Or maybe I know what I'm asking for and think it'd be brilliant," he suggested teasingly. Without thinking, he leaned forward and kissed her. It was quick, but it definitely had meaning behind it. "I never quit while I'm ahead. I just try to make it even better later," he said with a grin.
He watched her, glad when she turned around when he indicated. With her back to him momentary, he saw the partly open zipper again and decided to leave it as it was. He liked that it seemed like she was getting undressed again with him here. It was an illusion, but one he would happily relish in. He followed her to couch, intent already on making himself comfort. She'd already told him too after all. "Yeah, you should," he said with a grin from behind her. For some reason, he wasn't as offended or insulted as the formal use of his last name would normally have done.He had called her Greengrass first, and even beyond that, there was such a playful tone to the way she said it, it made it sound more like some strange nickname than anything. "You already told me to make myself at home so I was just going on the theory the offer was still there. If it's not, you can just tell me." He was giving her the opportunity to tell him to go home, to leave at least. He wasn't above that, but he certainly wasn't hoping for that either. He wanted to stay. He wanted to drink the wine and talk to her. He could easily allow himself to stay the night, but that would have to have some conditions like they move to the bedroom for an encore. And it had to be after wine and conversation. He wasn't going to make her think he was only in it for her body all the sudden, which as strange as it was to say, he wasn't.
He sat down beside her and when she kicked off her shoes, he reached out and pulled her to his side, tempted to pull her all the way onto his lap, but stopping himself. With his arm draped around her, he said, "Anything you can tell me about the painting?" He gestured the painting she had on the wall, asking about it, trying to show interest in what interested her, and what was part of her life.