"Mmmmmmah yes!" Howard laughed, flicking his head lightly as he made the sound, a wide and happy smile firmly planted on his face. "Oh it makes perfect sense to me!" he exclaimed, resisting the temptation to return to kissing her again, just because sometimes resistance of an urge makes the final supplication so much sweeter! Instead he laughed again, happily, shaking his head and leaning back in the lounge to look at Maria.
"You are so beautiful!" he told her, the honesty clear in his voice and eyes. "And that colour in your cheeks is most becoming!" he added with a twinkle in his eye.