Malachi smiled when she moved to look at him face-to-face. He raised his eyebrow, questioning what she was doing but didn't move back. He didn't do anything to move away or anything else. Reaching out, he grabbed her hand from his cheek, holding it in his for a moment before bringing it to his lips and kissing the back of it.
"I love you, too, beautiful," he said before he pressed his lips to the back of her hand again. He glanced at Evie - a little reluctantly - to see if she was done with her breakfast yet. She looked down, no food in her hands or mouth as she looked around herself - at them - with that toddler curiosity she always had. "Let me clean the dishes and then we'll go look for our tree." He leaned forward and kissed her forehead.