"Oh, of course. Think of it as a leisurely stroll," Loki suggested, with a teasing smile that was downright besotted.

He sat up abruptly, pulling one hand from her grasp and hooking an arm behind her back, his smiling mouth barely a hair's width from her own.

"Perhaps you should let me do the driving for now, madam. I'm not sure you have your best interests at heart," he quipped, knowing it was likely to goad her into pushing him around even more, but that was an equally happy outcome.