"My day was quite alright, thank you for asking. I haven't done all too much except for a few small things in and around the house and worrying about you," Aletta said, seating herself on his lap, stroking his cheek with her hand and facing him, widely smiling. "If you don't mind me saying so, you look rather tired. I take it you had a long day at work?" she asked, slightly frowning and looking at him in concern. He had dark circles around his eyes and even though his eyes were glistening with affection and the corners of his mouth were curled up into a smile, he seemed to be under a lot of stress. And she knew how stressful his job could get, although his job itself was something she would never understand or be able to do. She shook her head and said, "I'm sorry. That was very rude of me, forgive me. You look as handsome as you always do." and kissed him back, breathing his scent in deeply. And even though he was much older than she was, she felt the two of them shared something special.<em>"But since I spared my energy today..."</em>Aletta whispered into his ear, leaving the rest of her sentence to his imagination.