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“Peyton,” I choked out. “We have to slow this down…” We have to stop.
Rigid, she eased back to look at me. Her skin was flushed, her eyes glittering with hunger. Fuck me, she looked beautiful.
A small, uncertain smile played on her lips. “I like kissing you,” she said.
I like it too. The words teetered on the tip of my tongue, but I swallowed them down. “We have time,” I said, inhaling a ragged breath.
She stared at me, the desire in her eyes dimming a little. “Do we? Because I feel like this is a dream… and when I wake up, you’ll go back to avoiding me.”
My jaw clenched as I tried to get a hold on the need coursing through my veins. “It won’t be like that. Not this time. I promise.”
I needed to figure out how to navigate this while causing the least amount of damage. Because this—her and me—it was happening. But I knew it wouldn’t be easy.
I ran my thumb over her jaw and her eyes fluttered. “Don’t break my heart, Xander,” she whispered, her eyes fixed right on me. “I’m not sure I’ll survive it.”
