She may have had the ammunition of course, but Richard had that entire constitution that was made of steel and bound in iron. After all, even when she knew that he wanted to kiss her, he hadn't done it because she didn't have those memories of them and their last conversation before he arrived here. Even after he had permission and she had almost gotten him to give in at the picnic he had shown greater fortitude than Alex had and sent her off for her goodbyes so he could cool down.

Besides. If showing up in his office in a corset and lingerie hadn't done it, Alex was pretty sure nothing would.

But she made a pleased and surprised happy squeak when he agreed so readily and that definitely earned him a lingering kiss as she stood up and moved onto her tiptoes. After a moment, she broke the kiss with a grin and gave his hand a tug. "Good. I definitely owe you this, my Richard."