Kate tries to explain the kiss did not mean anything.

She watched him, wondering again what the kiss on the airplane had meant.

Before she spoke again, the woman said, "A kiss didn't mean anything then.

If it were true, then his kiss the other day had certainly meant nothing.

She didn't know what that kiss had meant, or where it could lead them, if anywhere.

"A very nice kiss, but I didn't mean anything by it."

His gratitude - and the kiss - meant more to her than she would ever have admitted to anyone.

He explains that what Cain said was true, but the kiss did not mean anything.

She was too vulnerable, if the previous night's kiss meant anything.

Her daughter was getting the idea now: a kiss meant you'd done something pleasing.