" You're warning me off. There's no need, I assure you. At this moment in time, my only ambition is to get myself through the day ---" He broke off, realising too late what he'd admitted, remembering, suddenly, why he had kissed her in the first place. And now he'd given her the perfect opening to start again.But to his surprise, her expression softened. " Yes," she said. " That is how I have felt since --- since." She blinked rapidly, and forced a smile. " It is a good thing, this -- this---between us, because now I know that I am recovering myself... "