Hears, yes. Understands... not so much. Not that it really matters at this point, because what he's getting out of that verbal outburst is that he's affecting her in a pretty big way.

And he's okay with that. So Clark will continue what he's doing for a little while longer, before a hands starts to wander down past her chest, brushing over the soft skin of her stomach before resting to draw light circles over her hipbone.