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I shifted. All of his energy directed at me was too much.
“Better late than never.” It came out as a half-whisper.
“Still unsatisfactory.”
Every syllable was like a caress even though his words weren’t seductive. But in combination with the intensity of that look, which most definitely was not rock-like, everything he did rattled me to my core.
“It’s not the greeting I’d choose either,” he continued when I didn’t respond.
“No?”
He shook his head. “No.”
Obviously, since he’d never once said hello, but I wasn’t thinking clearly.
“What would you use?”
“This.”
His mouth descended on mine swiftly. And when our lips collided, I splintered apart. The confidence he exuded translated through the kiss.
He knew what he wanted.
He wasn’t afraid to take it.
And I wanted to give it to him.
Every ounce of frustration with him since we’d met poured out as my tongue dueled with his. I hadn’t kissed anyone since high school and it had been nothing like this.
Lincoln was a man.
An aggravating rock of a man.
Who made my entire body buzz by holding my hand and saying a one syllable word. The kiss unleashed a passion I hadn’t known was inside me. Like it was bottled up and buried in a secret place just waiting for Lincoln to uncork it.
I ripped my lips from his, my chest heaving in time with his.
How? How could this man I knew next to nothing about move me in such a way?
He leaned his forehead against mine. Our fingers were still tangled so tightly I wasn’t sure we could unknot them.
A silence enveloped us. The longer it lingered, the more a hint of panic set in. I’d kissed my best friend’s brother. Except that wasn’t just a kiss.
We’d redefined the meaning of the action.
It was a come to Jesus, I hate you, I want you, I need you, I’m drowning, rescue me, I’m here, hi collision.
He pulled back, the blaze in those dark pools as intense as ever. “It’s decided.”
My heart pounded in my ribcage. “What’s that?”
“My version of hello is the best.”
