He stops at that, turns to her and lifts his free hand to caress her cheek. "You never said anything."

But even as he says it, he can put things together: he'd kept her at arm's length deliberately, even after multiple occassions where the opportunity to signal her for more presented itself. So, he amends that statement. "Then again, neither did I."

"You're not the only one who wrestled with guilty fantasies."