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He’s not a piece of bread. It’s not like you’ve been avoiding carbs all these years. He’s a person. There’s a reason you kept your distance. Ignored your heart. Her name is Sam.
Shaking my head in an attempt to shoo away the negative thoughts of my conscience, I take in our surroundings. We’re standing in the middle of the sidewalk. Campus is practically deserted with the exception of the attendees of the brunch, most of whom are still mingling in the student center. Still, I make sure no one is watching us. The last thing I want is an audience.
“I lost you the night Sam introduced us.” His words are punctuated with a kiss to the sensitive spot behind my ear. “I lost you after I kissed you on New Year’s Eve.” Another kiss and I’m starting to tremble in his arms. “I lost you the night I tried to claim you before spring break.” He moves lower, kissing his way down to my collarbone, eliciting a moan. “I thought I lost you for good when Sam died.”
Then he kisses me again, this time tugging the collar of my shirt to the side so he can kiss my shoulder, and a shiver runs up my spine, causing goosebumps to pebble my skin. My heart is pounding, my breathing strangled. All the heat in my body has rushed to my lower extremities, my need multiplying rapidly.
“I won’t lose you again. You can try and fight me all you want but I know you still want me as much as I still want you. Since the day we met. I felt it then and I feel it now. I see it in your eyes, in the way your body responds to me. The way it’s always responded to me. From the goosebumps that cover your skin to the way you claw at me like you can’t get close enough. How you kiss me like your life depends on it.”
My body has a mind of its own. One hand is gripping his shoulder, the other his waist. I’ve slid my left leg between both of his, and even as he speaks and presses his lips against my skin, I find myself learning in.
“What do you want?” I ask, breathless, my words coming out sounding needy.
“You, Drea. I want you. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.” He kisses his way up the side of my neck, and my eyes flutter closed the closer he gets to the place I want them most. When he pulls away, his lips never touching mine, I open my eyes to see exactly why.
The usually light depths of his hazel eyes are dark, completely masking the dark blue hues around his irises. His pupils are dilated. There’s a wild look in his eyes to match the uneven breaths he’s taking.
“We have to go,” he says as voices in the distance grow louder.
As soon as I nod, he takes my hand again and we’re rushing back to the Hideaway. To my room. Where we’ll be hidden from prying eyes. Alone. With no one to stop us but ourselves.
