Her smile grew and she laughed softly. "Hmmm, I believe you have, a time or two. I certainly don't tire of hearing it." She leaned up then, brushing her lips over his bare shoulder, fingers sliding and tracing over his ribs, down his sides, skirting dangerously close around the waistband of his pants, curiosity and heat making her bold. "Perhaps I thought it was time I returned the compliment," she said, murmuring against his skin as she trailed kisses over his collarbone. She felt... restless and hot and incomplete somehow, something building inside her that she only vaguely recognized.