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I leaned all the way into hi him to catch hirily licking and nipping at hiainst the clearly defined muscles of his chest, he didn’t lay a hand on ently seeking tongue access or when I lifted up on et my hand around the back of his neck so that I could pull him down more fully into the kiss I wanted to make this moet, for just a second, that I was afraid

His teeth grazed my bottom lip and I shivered but not because I was scared that he was going to bite I shivered because that little nip made my heart race and had all the parts of my body that had sworn off ht and rubbed against the lace of oing to pretend didn’t exist after Oliver, re order by pulsing quick and hard The quiet achethe fact that being this close to hiSo er than the innocent desire fostered fro empty promises and perfect lies that fell out of a pretty and practicedthat had teeth The kind that sank into your bones and worked its way deep under your skin This was the kind of longing that could and would push out everything else until it was the only thing left There was no rooer took up all the available space Instead of being es this ry heart wanted to be greedy and gluttonous They wanted to eat hio back for more

He turned his head, slanted his mouth a little, and then moved in deeper and with more determination His hands stayed fir all over His breath whispered across ue slicked across the seaht

He didn’t touch ue left no damp, slick surface unexplored He tasted He teased He taunted when I asked forthe fact that he was kissing me in a way that would be remembered The imprint of his lips on er forever on the tip of ue He was everywhere and yet the only places where ere touching were the places where I was clinging to hiled, and I was pretty sure his na to inhale every single second of this moment that I sed it and kissed him back like I was ravenous … because I was This kiss fed so deep inside of me that had never been fed I didn’t knohat it was like to get what I wanted I didn’t knohat it was like to be treated like … to be kissed like … I was soo to my head and ht be too soon but this kiss had me ready to re and so up my other hand to touch the side of his face when a loud crash had us both breaking apart I gasped, he swore, and we both blinked at each other like sohts in a very dark room He took a step back as I steadied myself and we both ju room His dark eyebrows shot up as I suddenly bolted into action, barking out, "The dog!" as I ran toward the other room I heard his heavy footsteps behind me as we raced to see what kind of destruction our lack of attention had caused

Happy had the entire coffee table knocked over on its side and was eagerly licking up the spilled contents of Wheeler’s abandoned beer The puppy’s little tail agging furiously as he stopped lapping up thefor accolades

Wheeler groaned and stepped aroundanimal up in front of his face, e "Not cool" The puppy yipped excitedly and fought to lick Wheeler’s face "Is the beer bad for hi?" He bit the words out and his face shifted frorier His adorable dione and that scowl that seemed to have staked claihten the coffee table "How much was left in the bottle?"

Wheeler looked at the now eaze back to mine "Less than half" He seemed far more upset than a little spilled beer called for as he shifted the puppy in his arms and started to pace back and forth in front of me as he waited for me to answer

"It should be fine A little bit of beer isn’t bad for dogs Just keep an eye on hiets sick or seems to act funny If he does, text me and I’ll come back over and look at him"

Wheeler rounded onits way up underneath the ink that covered his throat His sharp cheekbones turned a furious shade of pink as he ground out between gritted teeth, "You can’t leave him here with me You have to take hi on to hi stopped, replaced with a whimper and a full-body shake I had a similar reaction I crossed my arms over my chest and told myself not to freak out as the butterflies he woke up in my stoood only to end up as soht before my eyes I hated to think that Wheeler could be one of the fro at o had ht I knew about this ht he’s supposed to stay with you That’s why I brought hi no, so the words came out far weaker than I intended theround now, to h it was hard, I didn’t back down even when he growled at me in frustration