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He put up his paler
"I think that’s a peace sign?" she said
Silas split his fingers right down the middle, two on each side "This?"
"Vulcan salute"
"What?"
"Froer only
"I’ht now"
Silas retracted that one quick "This is not working"
Ivie sot serious "On that note…I don’t how to do this"
"If it’s instructing s"
Taking a deep breath, she stared out over the night sky The heavens were clear, except she couldn’t see the stars because of the alow of the city off in the distance
When she exhaled, her breath came out into the cold as a burst of white "I know I’m not supposed to say this because it’s too soon, but I don’t like to waste ti to find it out Bottom line, I’ht as well know that up front" She glanced back at hi here? I’m happy to be friends, acquaintances, or try another date The outcome really doesn’t matter to me, I just need to knohat the landscape looks like"
Silas’s eyes traced over her features, and he was so serious, so very, very serious "I don’t have tis look like, I want to knohat they feel like"
With that, he took her face in his pal her cheeks…and her heart thundered in her chest as he slowly, inexorably lowered his head
Just before their lips touched, he whispered, "Is this okay?"
She didn’t trust her voice so she put her hands on his upper arht enough so it was littlebetween them, yet the contact was so powerful she felt the sensation throughout her entire body And, oh, the contrast The night air was frigid, his ainst hers arm, every inch of her was hot
"Alive," she whispered
"What?"
"I feel so alive Don’t stop"
His arainst his body, the differences in their heights and builds not lock and key, but a shattering jolt that was all pleasure and anticipation Now the kiss was deeper, a fusing of their lips, and she gave into the impulse to h his suit jacket, she could feel the shiftingabout the whole not-in-the-gy
It made her wonder what he looked like without his clothes
What he felt like
When they pulled back, there was a lot of staring A deep breath on both sides A whole lot of do-we-dare