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“Well?” he asks.
“Well, what?”
“How’d I do?”
I shrug noncommittally. “Eh.”
His laughter is seriously fucking charming. “Okay, okay, not so easily swayed. Got it.”
He grabs my hand, leading me into the dark room before us.
“I know what’ll get a reaction from you,” he says, stopping. “Stay right here.”
He disappears instantly, leaving me to peer into the blackness.
I hear his footsteps echo across the room, followed by the sound of switches being flipped.
Since it was my idea to break into the 3D aquarium, I know what I should be expecting.
Still, when the display flips on, my breath catches in my throat.
I’m completely surrounded by colorful fish, swimming about in the most beautifully designed tanks I’ve ever seen.
Hammerheads, Great Whites, and Tiger sharks circle around me, their tales whipping wildly about.
The tentacles of countless jelly fish hang over my head. They tangle around each other, desperately trying to catch the herring that dart around.
At my feet, I spy catfish so realistic I’m surprised I can’t feel them bumping up against me.
It really is like I’ve been transported to the bottom of the ocean.
My own personal paradise.
“Isn’t it fucking awesome?” Lock asks, pulling me back to reality.
I look over, catching the look of wonder on his face as well.
“Fucking gorgeous,” I say.
He walks over to me, his body passing through holographic fish along the way.
“This was areallygood idea,” he says when he’s only inches away.
“Yeah, I know,” I say, looking away and trying to be snarky.
In reality, I can’t stop looking at his mouth. I’m surrounded by the ocean and everything I love in it. But somehow, I can’t take my eyes off of Lock.
For the first time in my life, I don’t feel like I’m in control.
I peer over to his face again. I see his eyes studying my mouth, as well. They linger on my lips for a second before traveling lower. They travel down the length of me, so intent I can practically feel it.
When his eyes finally make their way back to my face, there’s a glint in them that wasn’t there before.
I know he’s about to kiss me the same way I know that the fish to my right is a nurse shark: with absolute certainty.
I take great pleasure in beating him to the punch as I dive in close to him and press my lips against his. Before he can so much as lean in, I’ve claimed that mouth of his as mine.
No surprise or hesitation festers within him. He doesn’t so much as pause. He just kisses me back intently.
