He doesn’t need more encouragement than that. He leans in slowly as if to test if I’m sure. And then…
And then…
And…
Oh.
His lips touch mine, and something inside me feels like it’s been cleaved in half. My mind goes entirely blank as a bolt of sheer electricity ignites my entire being. There is nothing else in this moment except him and his lips and the fact his lips aren’t moving at all…
So I do it for him, devouring his mouth, greedy for more of this feeling. Sparks fly across my skin as he responds just as eagerly, his tongue dipping into my mouth with expert authority. Nothing has felt this good, ever. In the history of anything and…
What was I doing? What did I want? What am I doing?
Click.
We both freeze.
Teo smiles against my lips. “Nice try.”
He pulls away, revealing the handcuffs, now restraining me to the bedpost.
I blink at him several times, frantically trying to remember why we shouldn’t be kissing right now.
“You think your little crybaby act had me fooled?”
Okay, but forget about that; that kiss was…was…
“Honestly, if I was offended that you thought throwing yourself out the window was a better alternative to my company, it has nothing on how insulted I am that you think I’d be stupid enough to fall for your little tricks.”
Teo is talking and talking and talking. But his lips aren’t moving against mine anymore.
“You’re going to stay on that bed until your brother arrives. I’ll be watching you all night from the couch, so don’t even think about–”
“I’m sorry, but what the actual fuck?”
It’s Teo’s turn to blink at me.
“You kissed me,” I elaborate, needlessly. Because why isn’t he thinking about it?
He frowns. “I was under the impression that’s what you were trying to get me to do. Was I wrong?”
“No, but–”
“Then why are you looking at me like that?”
I open my mouth and then close it again. “You.”
“What?”
“You kissed me.”
“I did.”
“How are you not…”
Understanding dawns in his eyes. “I’m not falling for this again, Isabella.”
“I’m being serious this time,” I counter, the handcuff digging into my wrist as I try to reach him. “Did you not feel that?”
