Beau, meanwhile, was doing everything she could think of to admit to the extent of her own feelings without doing it directly; that was part of her reason for curling one hand lightly around the back of Karolina’s neck as she kissed her back just as softly.

She hadn’t quite pulled away when she mumbled, on impulse, “So I’m not saying we should like actually officially live together yet, but maybe we should think about it? Just putting that out there.”

Which was to say that she wanted to, but was still convinced Karolina wouldn’t be on board with that.