She couldn't deny it, and she really, really didn't want to. Hell, she didn't even care that she'd walked into his joke. She was too busy trying not to freaking purr again. "More than I ever thought possible."

Maggie picked up her mug and blew warmth back into it. "You hope she knows? Love, that's danger right there. If you want to make sure she knows, tell her outright. Assumptions are only going to come back and bite you in your rather well-formed ass." She paused, grinned, "and not in the good way."