He truly had been nervous that he had overstepped his boundaries, asking for too much without meaning to. Then she was smiling, giving her reasoning and Arthur couldn't help but smile. Pulling her in close, he kissed her. Soft, tender, more emotion than he'd known he could feel for a single person in a moment, in a lifetime.

"Well if you don't want to work, there's nothing saying you have to, and all around that we'll have all the other things I've planned. So thank me after your second massage and a few hours in a rooftop pool," he said with a grin.

He blushed, just a bit, ducking his head. "When something, or in this case someone, is worth it, I can be amazingly sneaky."