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He had to know what she tasted like.
Jacob let go of the sheet and wrapped an arm around her body. His other hand cupped her cheek and tilted her head to just the right angle. There was a moment of surprise in her eyes before she closed her eyes and lifted her chin.
He kissed her.
He tried to be tender, but she was kissing him back, pressing her lips against his. That didn't help his restraint. It didn't help him at all.
He'd kissed her on impulse, but that didn't mean it was a bad decision.
It would be if she didn't want his touch.
That didn't seem to be the case.
He could feel her hands between them and somewhere in the back of his head, he remembered that they'd been about to put new sheets on the bed.
That thought was lost when she opened her lips under his and he heard a soft word escape her lips. "Wait."
* * *
The instant she said it, she regretted it.
Jacob moved back, the arm he had around her loosened, and his hand settled at her waist. He still had his other hand on her cheek, but it was slowly moving down along her neck. "Should I apologize?"
She shook her head, unsure of what to say to him.
Or if there was something to say at all.
Still, she had to try because if they lapsed into silence while he was stuck protecting her, it was going to be difficult sharing space with everything unsaid between them. "I think we should talk."
She saw the instinctual grimace on his face and she was a moment away from wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him again.
Why did she have to ruin that moment?
And what a moment it was.
How long had she dreamed of being in his arms?
That was exactly where she'd been. Wrapped up in his arms, pressed tightly against his chest, she was moments away from... something.
Then she told him to stop.
Told him that she wanted to talk.
Now, she was just standing there, looking at him, still holding a fitted sheet in her hands.
Molly cleared her throat and moved toward the bed.
It wasn't until she got a good look at the massive bed that he slept in that her cheeks decided to flame with heat. With a little bit of a tug, Jacob moved with her toward the bed, adjusting his hold on his end of the sheet.
When Molly bent over to hook one corner of the fitted sheet over the mattress, she managed to say something. "A lot has happened in the last few hours."
She almost expected a little laugh at her humor, dark though it was.
"I mean, I don't remember a whole bunch of it, but I think that it might be a good thing to… to wait."
As she moved along the side of the bed, she spoke a little more. "I think I'm going to need some time to wrap my head around what happened. And I’m still trying to get my thoughts together."
"I understand."
