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I mean every word.
He studies my face, letting his gaze trail down to my lips, then lower. As he takes me in, evaluating me, my heart beats faster, and butterflies swirl around my insides.
We’re silent for a beat until his eyes journey back to mine.
“Mia, I don’t know what’s happening between us. Maybe something. Maybe nothing.”
He pauses, and my stomach threatens to riot.
Nothing?
Impossible.
But I wait him out, preparing to hear whatever he says next. Good or bad, I need to know where his head is in all of this.
Or where his heart is, more accurately.
“But regardless, I can’tstandthe thought of you with someone else. It’s irrational, and it freaks me the hell out. I’ve never—” He presses his lips together, unable to finish his sentence.
All I can do is reassure him. Or try to.
“Well, that’s ideal, seeing that I’m notwithanyone else. Since we met, you’re the only man I can imagine being with. I only want you.” My volume softens. “I’ll do anything to prove it to you if you’ll let me.”
As his gaze warms, one side of my mouth quirks.
He nods a few times, then shocks me by asking, “Can I kiss you?”
“Please,” I beg without hesitation. “I will never object to you putting your mouth anywhere on my body.”
His hazel eyes hypnotize me as he cups my cheek, sneaking his fingers around the back of my head to pull me close and join our lips.
It’s a possessive move, screaming ownership.
A claiming.
One I freely accept.
My sense of feminism instantly evaporates at the idea of belonging to this man.
Sparks dance over my skin as he works his lips against mine. A moan escapes from deep inside me when our tongues meet, tentative and soft at first.
This isn’t the same as the other kisses we’ve shared.
It’s not frantic and sloppy like that first night.
And it’s not punishing or dominating like most of the kisses from earlier at my house. We aren’t fighting for control.
This kiss is something more… more powerful than those.
Meaningful.
Honest.
But it’s over too soon.
He withdraws from the kiss, leaving both of us panting wildly, and then he rests his forehead on mine. “Let’s go finish this op so I can get you home. If I don’t get inside you tonight, I’m not sure I’ll survive until sunrise.”
“I couldn’t agree more.”
