"It isn't that either. I enjoy getting you things, for the sake of it. I like... thinking of ways to surprise you. And seeing the look of delight on your face when I get something right." Like with the horse, even if it had been an extravagant gift, he had adored the look on her face when he had given it to her. All it had cost him is the to breed his horse with another man's mare. Something he had been glad to do.
His hand came up to caress his fingers over her cheek. "I'm not trying to earn your love through gifts." Even if he had begun that way, to earn her friendship, or her forgiveness.