"I still think it would be interesting to see one day," he teased. "You'd have to beat the recruits away from you with a stick."

He leaned into the touch, eyes still dancing from the tease. "I'm flattered that you've decided to sit still long enough to spend a night in a boat with me out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do but get to know one another better." He hadn't intended it as a euphemism, but the thought came on the heels of the words and brought heat to his cheeks. "I really didn't mean that to sound the way it did."