Well, if it was going to take some getting used to, he'd just have to call her that more. And, for a brief second, the lecherous part of him that was never really that far from the forefront, sent him a vision of silken sheets and pale, bared skin slick with sweat, his lips pressed against the delicate shell of her ear whispering that particular endearment while she shattered over and over and over...
He was going to stick a pin in it and revisit that later, because now was not the time.
"Ladies first," he grinned, trying to shift in his chair so the results of that randy little interlude were less obvious. "I am an open book."