"Might have to be a redhead more often, then," she said with a soft laugh, peering almost shyly through her lashes. A strange expression flickered across her face for a moment at his next words, but she quickly clamped down on it and twisted her lips instead into a playful smile.

It wasn't that she didn't feel the same way. But saying it out loud made it seem more... permanent, and she wasn't sure she could commit to that right now. Could she really just walk away? Would the agency let her? What would she even do once she was out? She didn't know what else to be, having been in the business long enough.

That didn't mean she didn't want it, though.

"Well, you're in luck because I have about three days before I have to be anywhere. That's enough time for a thousand kisses, isn't it?"