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Butterflies fluttered in my belly I wanted to ask hih Instead I teased, "And how long have you been planning to seduce me with your eye smolder?"

His lips twitched "Eye s my elbow on the bed and my hand on my head "You smoldered me"

"I didn’t know that was one of my special powers"

"Well, it is"

"I didn’t plan on anything You know I didn’t"

"I guess what I reallyhave you wanted to throw ether "Is that what I did?"

"Don’t worry, I liked it Or did asm not make that clear?"

He flashed rin "No, that was very clear And I don’t know I don’t knohen ad else"

I nodded because I understood "I don’t knohen it turned into this either But it happened And you haven’t looked at ainso what now?"

"Do you want ain," I ad hiertips softly down aze and whispered, "I feel"

He squeezed his eyes closed briefly and then sat up, sliding his hand around the nape of my neck to pull me to him This time his kiss was soft, lush, and so sweet, I foundinto him I wrappedhi ainst the solid, strong weight of hi every curve of each other’s lips, every dance of our tongues, our taste

It was the first ti?" I panted as we finally broke for breath I leaneda wish out to the universe that this iving my waist a squeeze "I only know I don’t want to stop"

"But the" I didn’t want to ain

"We could keep it a secret" He pulled back so I had to look into his eyes "See each other in secret until the albuive a fuck if we’re seeing each other My uncle won’t care as long as we’rethe label money And I’ that far ahead? This really wasn’t just sex to him? The question tumbled out of my mouth before I could stop it

Killian frowned at me in displeasure "Do you really think I’m the kind of man ould risk my career and yours for a si the evidence of his desire "Attraction can be a powerful thing And I know about Yasmin and your lower "Who told you about Yasmin?"

"More to the point," I loosened rip onme back into him "Because it was a casual relationship that didn’t o anywhere"

"And you didn’t want irlfriend?"

"I didn’t want you to worry that there was a wo for me to co on your songs And she wasn’t waiting on htened around my nape, his expression fierce "I broke it off with her when I realized that the first person I thought of every ht of last before I went to sleep"

Realization made me melt into him "I knew you cared about er than that, Skylar" He stared at hstaunchly to my independence "Micah used to say that too, but I don’t belong to anyone"