"I know," she said. "I was being sarcastic," she added. Commitment was scary. Not in a terrified, hide under the bed kind of way. But scary just the same.
"Well, I like fire, so." Ella shrugged. She moved against him, sliding her body against his deliberately until he pinned her to the ground. She knew how to get a reaction out of him, physical if nothing else, and she had entirely expected the show of dominance from him. \ She grinned up at him. "You got me. What're you gonna do with me now?"