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Nostrils flaring, his chest heaves against ht?" he questions

I nod "Why?"

His entire ar ainstmy cheek "`Cause I want to take you tosince I first saw you stor across that dance floor, but I won’t if you’ve hadthis to faster, so quick it’s like I’ chased I wet my lips

I’m not drunk, not at all, but I do feel a little h to roll up onto my toes, place est you h to remember"

I cannot believe I just said that That wasn’tHonest

Only

It isn’t Not even a little bit

His eyes flash with heat, then he’s on ues, and it’s unlike I’ve ever kissed anyone before because I can’t reh me Not ever

I’ve had passionate kisses Ones thatlike this

Nothing even close

It’s long and slow and unrestrained

CJ keeps one arin -day updo

I want him to ruin it I don’t care that I’ve spent forty-fiveit perfect I want to look undone

He tilts ue that hascloser on shaking legs I could stand here forever and kiss him, openly and witlessly

But I don’t

My feet shift blindly beneath me as CJ moves us away, and I don’t care where we end up, his room or mine, a remote spot or somewhere public where anyone could see, I don’t care I’ about anything besides his soft h hands and the scratch of his beard as it burns ht

Whatever happens, I want to reue His frenzied touch squeezes my hips and presses low tonothing but draggingme

It’s the hardest, deepest, most incredible kiss of ht now or the world to end so this is the last kiss I’ll ever feel