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What the hell is this girl playing at?
“All right. Shoot.”
“Truth or dare?”
I blink, wondering if I heard her correctly because that’s always been my line.
A way of steering her into doing what I wanted.
Like kissing me.
Or touching me.
Or dancing naked for me.
All the things I was too chickenshit to ask for. So, I used the game as a guise.
When I remain silent, she repeats softly, “Truth or dare?”
“Dare.”
She straightens her shoulders and lifts her chin. “I dare you to kiss me.”
My muscles freeze as her words explode in my brain.
A heartbeat passes.
Then another.
“Don’t make me double dog dare you,” she whispers.
That’s when I realize I’m scared to death. Scared I won’t be able to stop once my lips brush across hers. Because when it comes down to it, she was always meant to be mine.
“Ford?” My name comes out sounding as if it’s been roughed up and scraped raw. As if she’s just as terrified as I am.
That’s all the encouragement I need to swallow up the distance between us before reaching out and slipping my fingers beneath her chin. “Here’s the thing—once I start, there’s no stopping.”
“I don’t want you to stop.” Her eyes search mine. “Not ever.”
Her words crash over me like a tidal wave, threatening to drag me to the very bottom of the ocean. My voice drops, turning into more of a rasp as my fingers tighten around her chin, biting into the soft flesh. “Do you understand what I’m saying, Carina? If I lay my lips on you, then you belong to me. You’re mine.”
The need to possess her rushes through me.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love you. And I’m sorry for pushing you away. I never—”
Unable to resist for another second, my lips collide with hers, swallowing up whatever she was about to say. Nothing else matters other than her saying I love you.
The first taste is a straight shot to my dick.
Just like it always is.
With my mouth roving over hers, I lose all sense of time and space. When I finally pull away, we’re both breathing hard. The need to lay my hands on her thrums through me and I rest my forehead against hers, staring into her gorgeous blue-gray eyes. They’re ones I could happily drown in.
“Do you mean it? You really love me?”
“I do. If I’m being completely honest, I have for a while.” There’s a pause as she sifts through the emotion in my eyes. “I spoke with Crawford earlier. He admitted to finding us in bed together senior year and then having a conversation with you.”
My shoulders loosen now that the truth is finally out in the open. “I’m sorry about that. Maybe I should have talked to you about it, but he made me feel so damn guilty. Like I was taking advantage of you or the situation.”
