"That was my goal," Mathias asks with a straight face, leaning into the kiss and resting his hand on her waist gently. "But if you prefer, I could speak to you in German as well. Pretend to tell you all my secrets even though I am just talking about my boring chores."

He smiles then, and leans in to kiss Veronica again, pressing his mouth to hers briefly. "And River is teaching me Mandarin, too."