The atmosphere between them lightened immensely as Elissa brightened and became playful, she placed his hands on her waist which he almost couldn’t bear. 

[i]Oh why now?[/i]

Joseph was terribly hungry and thirsty, and he knew the surgeon would be returning soon. This couldn’t go too far, in any case it [i]shouldn’t[/i]. He felt too, that she knew now how he could be - why oh why was she playing with him like this? Is this what she wanted? Surely she knew he couldn’t promise her a single thing..

He followed her lead, [i]hell, she could lead him in any which way she liked[/i]. “Maybe then… you can… help me?” he strung together the sentence between kissing her, before he gave her a glance and moved to a spot just behind her jaw and beneath her ear.

[i]No, he knew he had to stop[/i], Adam would be back soon and assume he’d been taking advantage, Joseph believed it was quite the opposite in this instance, in a lot of instances.. but it never looked that way.