Ninon is no virgin nor does she want to be treated as some kind of delicate flower. Fragile is not the word others would describe her. And while he is meant to look after her, she sometimes grows frustrated at how carefully he treats her. She may not know the full extent of his strength, she does know that he has it in abundance, more than any other man she's met.

But there are moments, rare moments, that she says the side of him, the dangerous side. It excites her in ways she knows to be cliche.

Still, his murmured insistence does tug at her heart in a way she should ignore. And when he turns her around to face him, she hums softly, hands running up his chest. "I am glad you do," she says, meaning it before she kisses him again, pressing herself against him a bit more.