"It would. And I don't care if the others forbid it. I am a free man with my own choices," he murmured softly. "I want to take a trip, then I shall take a trip. I am allowed to have friends." Or acquaintances? Did he really get to have friends in his circumstance.

If he could just stay with Diana, things would be so much easier.

"Let's get three," he said softly, staring down at her. "The more, the merrier."