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hers and squeezed reassuringly. “But I feel this connection. I can’t explain
it. Maybe that’s not the right word.”
“I feel it. Right from the second I saw you. It caught me so off guard.
That’s why I was so…so off putting. I was trying to deny it. Block it out.
Tell myself that I didn’t feel anything. I couldn’t. I didn’t know that you
were even available. I never dreamed you could be, and I still felt
something. Something deeper than just seeing you and realizing that you
were beautiful and that I wanted you just for that reason. That would never
have been enough. There was something else. Something deeper. More
elemental. Something more.”
Romi shuddered. She knew she should pull her hand away, but she just
couldn’t. “I’m scared. All my previous relationships have been me falling
for the wrong person. Not that I want a relationship or that I’m saying this
could be that. I’m just saying that I’ve made all the wrong decisions over
and over and I’ve been so battered and bruised by it. I don’t even know if I
have a whole heart to offer you.”
“That would make two of us, then.” Kiera smiled, but it was a sad
expression.
It hurt Romi to see it. There they were, two people who might want
something more. Two people standing on the precipice of leaping again into
the unknown, because it felt impossibly right. Different. Real. That didn’t
make it any less scary, though. In fact, it made it even more frightening.
Romi’s gaze fell to Kiera’s mouth. Her full lips were irresistible. She
wanted nothing more than to taste her mouth. To see how soft those lips
truly were. She knew it would be magic. It would be impossibly wonderful.
Life changing. It would be the beginning of the end of everything for her,
because she was sure that one taste would never be enough. She would
always want more. That was the problem. Someone always wanted more
than the other person. Someone changed, someone outgrew the other.
Could she risk it all again? This time she’d be risking more than just her
