"I'm not going to blame you for a small lack of foresight. I could just as easily say it was my fault for not waiting." As tantalizing as the thought was, though, she wouldn't have wanted to wait until they were back at the docks to drag him off somewhere. With her luck, Isabela would be waiting there and would see them.

She brushed their lips together once, her smile a little wider than before. "You don't have to," she murmured.