Keep the *subtle*, non-verbal, lusciously-available-but-not-overtly-demanding-or-pursuing, lighthearted pressure on. Let him fight himself. A bird in the hand .....
... although I would give him SOME space to miss your presence, too. Maybe an isolated evening of coming home to a (metaphorically) cold, quiet house when you have plausible business elsewhere? if you're not doing that already.
Part of me hates this advice as being manipulative ....
"Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock." -- Frank Herbert
