With her back turned, she loosened each plait until her hair hung in waves that curled around her waist. Then she spun to face him and puffed a sigh. <br />“Fine. You caught me. I guess there’s no use pretending anymore.”<br />Doran settled in and waited for the punch line.<br />“I lured you onto this ship,” she said, “because I couldn’t get enough of your scintillating personality.”<br />There it was.<br />“Kiss me, Doran,” she cried, flopping onto the mattress with one arm slung over her eyes and the other clutched to her breast. “I burn for you, hotter than a thousand hells.”<br />He cocked his head to the side. “I think there’s an ointment for that.