"I expect to work just a bit harder to earn your heart lover," just saying! "Shortcuts are never worth it in the end!" And what if she ended up leaving? Did he really want to give her his heart in full?

The hands and lips were a bit convincing though, in that 'really didn't want to move now' kind of way. "Tell you what Bill, you keep doing that and I'll head toward the sugar." Yep.