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“That’s because I’m gazing.” I caressed the flaming phoenix.
“My post-orgasm face isn’t very gaze-worthy.” Noah chuckled.
“Your every expression is gaze-worthy. You’re devastatingly handsome and you know it, so don’t even try to deny it.”
He laughed.
“You could easily melt a heart with a smile,” I added. “You’re gifted that way.”
“I think you’re talking about yourself… I’m gifted? Or cursed?” He suppressed a smirk, allowing me to stare into his brilliant sea.
“You’re not cursed.”
“You place me on too high of a pedestal. I’m just an ordinary man who’s extremely flawed.” He kissed my open palm, caressing it against his cheek.
“You’re not flawed. That’s not how I see you.”
Ghosting his fingers down my back, my body flared up in heat.
“Don’t deprive me of your eyes,” Noah said. “Why is it so hard for you to look at me?”
“Because you’re so attractive, it makes me shy away. I just feel so exposed around you—like you can see right through me.”
“You don’t like being admired?”
“Feels more like I’m being scrutinized and picked apart.”
“The damaged inner critic. I need to kick her ass and tell her to get the hell out of your head.”
“She’s been the bane of my existence.”
“You don’t have to be afraid anymore, Aria. I never want to hurt you. I’m sorry that I had all those times before. It was unintentional, you know that.”
I did.
“Every time I made you cry, I was hurting myself a thousand times worse. It felt like chest rape.”
I kissed him, hugging him tightly.
“You’re an exquisite work of art,” he whispered.
“I’myourwork of art.”
“And I’m a fucked-up artist.” Noah pulled me closer to his lips. “You’re my greatest masterpiece. That sounds messed, huh?”
“I don’t care.”
There was a long pause before he asked, “How do you feel?”
“Like I’ve been initiated as your forbidden lover.”
His lighted hearted chuckle made me glow inside.
“How do you like your promotion?”
“Oh, shut up!” I smacked his chest. “I’m not a business transaction.”
“I didn’t say you are. I just highlighted the fact that you’ve been promoted.”
