His hands are doing the same; one reaches up to cup her breast, softly teasing her nipple with his thumb. She can probably feel him smiling against her mouth.

He pulls back eventually, slipping one arm under the arch of her back and moving downward to plant kisses across her shoulders, collarbone, and chest. He pauses only once, to swing the pendant of his necklace back behind his head, so it's no longer grazing against her skin.