He kissed back, but it was a chaste kiss. He would have lifted her up and spun her if they weren't in the middle of the hallway. "Good," he said and gave her a tight, but brief hug that spoke of his joy at her answer and her father's approval. Now he simply had to take care of the marriage license and then they could do the deed. He kissed her cheek then and whispered in her ear, "Thank you."