Page 47 of Wanna Bet?

"Liar."

"I'm allowed to smile."

"Not like that."

Jace shook his head. "You were ridiculous tonight."

Myah gasped. "Ridiculous?"

"You threatened to challenge Ellis to a duel."

"He deserved it."

"He said one thing."

"He knew what he was doing."

Jace laughed and the sound filled the car. For a moment, neither of them said anything else as the city lights blurred past outside the windows.

Then Myah's voice was soft. "You looked happy tonight."

His hands tightened slightly on the steering wheel. Not because the observation bothered him. Because it was true. "I was."

She smiled. "I like seeing you with your people."

His people.

The words settled somewhere deep in his chest.

A few minutes later, he pulled into the parking lot outside her apartment building, but neither of them moved immediately. The engine ticked quietly after he turned it off and rain tapped gently against the windshield.

"I should go inside," Myah said.

"Probably."

Neither of them reached for the door.

Her smile widened. "So we're doing this."

"Doing what?" Jace sucked his teeth to stop a grin.

"The thing where nobody leaves."

Jace chuckled. "Maybe."

The look she gave him made his pulse stumble. It was soft and warm and undeniably beautiful. Slowly, she leaned across the center console and Jace met her halfway.

The kiss started gently, a familiar brush of lips. But it didn't stay that way for long. Not with Myah. Not with the way she smiled against his mouth. Not with the way her fingers found the back of his neck. By the time they finally pulled apart, both of them were breathing a little harder.

Myah rested her forehead against his. "Definitely should go inside."

"Probably."

Neither of them moved.

A laugh escaped her. The sound was soft and fond and entirely too distracting.

Jace kissed her again. And sometime later, with the rain still falling outside and the rest of the world forgotten beyond the fogged windows, they stopped worrying about leaving at all.