"Hmm? Is it really so surprising that I would find you beautiful, inside and out?" he retorted, giving her a bit of a searching look.
He practically growled at her as she deliberated wound him up. "You just like to rile me, don't you, Knightly," he told her, wasting no time in wrapping arms around her to drop her to the couch, leaning over her and pressing her tiny frame into it. He hooked one leg behind the knee, and pressed his lips against hers once more.