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“How could you?” she accused.
I sniffed. “I’m not sorry.”
She gasped.
I sighed. “I am sorry you thought no one wanted to date you. It’s obviously not true. They all did. But I forbade it.”
Shock put a faraway look in her eyes for long seconds, but then she snapped back, an angry glint replacing her surprise. “You are unbelievable. What a freaking double standard.”
“What?”
She scowled. It was kinda adorable. “So I couldn’t date around, but you could?”
I scoffed. “Like I’d date someone who isn’t you.”
That seemed to take a lot of the heat out of her fire. “What?”
Ohh, I get it. Leaning forward, I braced my hands on the table on either side of her hips. Our faces were close, our noses almost touching. I looked into her eyes, affection swelling inside me so abundantly I struggled to draw in air.
“I wouldn’t let anyone touch you because you’re mine,” I avowed.
“You didn’t even ask me if I wanted to be yours!”
I ignored that because she was a negative Nancy, and I was trying to be romantic.
“And I wouldn’t let anyone touch me because I’m yours.”
She stuttered. Her mouth dropped open. I chuckled, leaned forward, and pressed a fast kiss to her slack-jawed expression.
“You’re lying,” she asserted.
I drew back, anger putting a bite in my words. “I know I lied about the engagement, but I am not a liar, Jessica.”
Her brows knitted. “But you’re Elite. You go to parties all the time.”
I shrugged. “I can dance with a girl without jumping her bones.”
“You’re seriously telling me you’re a twenty-year-old virgin?”
“Why is that so hard to believe?” I wondered.
Her eyes dropped to my still-tented sweats, and she pointed accusingly. “Because he has no manners!”
“Using my own words against me,” I muttered. “All the relationship with none of the perks.” I went on, mourning my misfortune.
“What did you just say to me?” Her voice was low and calm.
Yikes. Pity party for one has been canceled. “Of course he doesn’t have any manners right now, baby. His favorite girl is right here in front of him.”
She pursed her lips. “You’re so popular. And handsome. And rich. An athlete. There’s no way you haven’t had the chance.”
“I’ve had opportunity. I’ve turned it down. I’d never disrespect you by touching someone else. I don’t want to. I’m not giving any of myself away because that would be less I could give to you. And you, sweetheart, you deserve everything I have to give. The only one to get that part of me.”
“Ben.” She sniffled. The unshed tears in her eyes glimmered like diamonds in the sun. “You really saved yourself for me,” she whispered, a lone tear slipping free and creating a glistening trail down her cheek.
Leaning in, I kissed the wetness off her skin. “You’re my final girl,” I answered.
Her soft sound echoed between us as her cheek turned so her lips could catch mine. It felt like fireworks going off inside my chest, sparks of energy shooting through my core making my stomach flip. The back of my neck tingled, and sensation buzzed down the length of my spine. The kiss itself wasn’t passionate like the one before. There was no tongue, no rubbing lips or panting breaths. It was steady and solid, the fusing of two hearts… of her hopefully finally getting even a glimpse of what she looked like through my eyes.
