The Indomitable Huntress & the Hardened Duke
He straightened and began to carefully put the car back into drive.
“And what, pray tell, is a foundation to a healthy, long-term relationship?”
“My moral compass is skewed to a certain extent, so don’t take what I have as the rule - frank communication, conscious commitment and heated sex.” The directness got her tongue-tied, and he used her silence to add, “Little Blackfur doesn’t even have ten thousand words in his vocabulary to communicate with you, let alone communicate frankly.”
Despite his emphasis on the first thing on the listed criteria, Sush was mind-boggled with the last item, leading her to say, “You do know I was talking about platonic love, right?”