"I do love you!" he replied, turning away with mock sorrow. "Can't you see? That's why this hurts so much."
She sighed, kissing his neck as she put her arms around his waist. " We could always forgive each other."
He turned to face her, a slight smirk crossing his lips as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders. "We could do that," he agreed. "I do like you quite a bit."
"I love you a lot!" she told him. "I'd be disappointed in myself if I did something you couldn't forgive."
"There are not many things you could do that I wouldn't forgive, Rohesia," he told her matter-of-factly.
She grinned, reaching up kiss his cheek, one hand gently resting on the back of his head, her fingers brushing through his hair. "I love you."