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My heart thundered in my ears. I couldn’t break away, even though my head warned me to stop. That this was the point of no return. If I kept plowing ahead, Eric and I would get hurt.
And then he cradled my face as if I were the most precious thing in the world.
I pried my eyes open to find all of his intensity boring into me.
My insides rattled from the power of that gaze.
He peeled his lips from mine but didn’t release me.
“Hi,” I finally squeaked.
He brushed his thumb across my cheek. Instead of my heartbeat returning to normal, it raced ahead, so hard I thought it might explode.
“You kissed my sister.”
I jumped at Eric’s voice and scrambled back.
Lincoln twined his fingers with mine, clearly not as embarrassed at being caught as I was.
“Is that okay with you?”
I whipped my head toward Lincoln. He wasn’t exactly an ask permission kind of guy.
Eric shrugged. “Sure. As long as you’re nice to her.”
I wanted to melt into the carpet. These two both caught me off guard with their thoughtfulness.
“I’m okay with it too.” Beau grinned from where she leaned in the doorway.
Caught by both siblings. I was hot for a completely different reason than I had been a moment ago.
Lincoln, as usual, didn’t seem fazed in the least.
“Hey, Beau.” Eric waved.
Muffy sat up and propped his head on the back of the couch.
“Hey, Eric.”
“Sis, can we have donuts for breakfast?” Our favorite shop wasn’t far, but that was a habit we couldn’t start, especially when we’d already had them this week.
“Yeah, Lex. Can we have donuts?” Beau was such a troublemaker.
All eyes were on me, and I caved to peer pressure. “Fine, but we have to have fruit as a snack later.”
“We could have smoothies while we wait,” Beau suggested.
“I’ll pick up the donuts.” Lincoln winked.
“Have you ever had one?” It was a fair question considering he hadn’t ever eaten strawberry ice cream.
“A long time ago.” He squeezed my fingers.
“What do you eat?’
He’d missed out on all my favorite food groups.
“A balanced diet.” He kissed my cheek. “You prefer chocolate glazed, correct?”
