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His expression re to wonder whether he even heard a word I said, until he , his hand reached up, capturinger there, but there was a curiosity that went layers deep I gasped, shocked by the waraze, at how near he was to my face, as he whispered, "You’re feisty, aren’t you, alley cat?"

I blinked in surprise, utterly speechless

"You’re a little kitten You think you’re vicious, but you’re fucking adorable instead"

Now I glared and he inched even closer, until I felt his body pressing against the front ofhard and long against my stomach Frankly, it was so unexpected, my brain simply could not compute, but my body…well, my skin flushed and my heart paced even harder, and still, he drew nearer

"Let e flutters ininto my own "You’re excited, aren’t you? I can see it on your face You’re all red and breathless"

"Let o," I repeated

He was delusional I wasn’t excited At least… the logical part oflike an aniht

It didn’t

"Maybe we can rectify this some other way," he murmured, his breaths hot onfrom my hip and up ood his hand felt, or hoeak a part of ers brushed against ry, I raised my hand and slapped him across the face

Hard

I slapped him really, really hard

The sound was loud, like a whip, and it oddamn ears pop It was sort of like the after in the air, the shock of what had happened, the disco outside your body instead of within

And then, sheer terror