Page 320 of Axis of Fire

Dwayne always said people should live in the moment.

Maybe that was why embracing new experiences had always come so naturally to him.

For moments exactly like this.

Brief—

yet far too precious to refuse.

I let out a slow breath.

Then I turned off the faucet and walked back into the room.

I was fully prepared to make a complete fool of myself.

But I was going to do what something deep inside me wanted.

Even if it ended with my heart begging to break.

The moment I stepped out of the bathroom, I found Airis standing there.

Guarding the doorway.

Literally.

Tense.

Slightly irritated.

And at the same time...

Confused.

His gaze swept carefully over me.

It honestly felt as though the man standing before me wasn't the same one who'd been lying on that bed only minutes earlier.

How could one person have so many different versions of himself?

"What's going on?"

He didn't wait for an answer.

I saw him move toward me almost instinctively, as though something inside him had reacted before he even realized it.

And I refused to step back.

Physically—

or emotionally.

"I agree," I blurted out in a single breath.

Airis froze.

Completely confused.

“With what?” One brow lifted slowly.