Uh-oh…had he offended her? Had he let his attraction to her run away with him? But it was true—Suzanne did please him. Looking at her pleased him, so did touching her, and inhaling the fresh fragrance that drifted from her hair. So many things about Suzanne pleased him.
She interrupted the short, awkward silence as if nothing had happened. “I could show you some of the fun stuff I arrange for honeymooners.”
“In the bedroom or out?”
She laughed. “Do you make a joke out of every single thing?”
“No,” he said, in his most serious voice.
Even though she got the joke and laughed, he kept a straight face. “There are a lot of things I don’t joke about. I never joke about fire, especially wildfires. I never joke about racial stuff. I’ve heard that kind of joke on the fire lines, but I don’t li
