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He cli li down at me, he swipes his hair out of his eyes "Want to sit on the roof?"

I glance back at it "How aet up there?"

"Co another squeal when he haulsme onto the roof I spread his hoodie onto the very cold lass windshield and sits besides oofy smile on his face, a little out of breath

"You proet is cold e his ar he slips his ar ainst his "Well, I guess that worked"

"You act like you planned this" I shove lightly at his chest,over itself, and I glance down, noticing how perfectly we fit next to each other

"It wasn’t pre" He stretches out his long legs before hi into , peacefulof a few rando by on the Skyway in the near distance

Before us, the city lights twinkle and sparkle, the fog aus, only the silvery light of the quarter-sized low

"It’s beautiful," I finally say "I’ve never been up here or seen this view before"

"Yeah Not many people have Us locals know about the location but we don’t like telling you foreigners about it" He chuckles and the deep sound reverberates through le

"I don’t blame you," I whisper, and he doesn’t reply He doesn’t need to Our silence is co on top of Owen’s car, his ar at his chin He’s so warm and solid, his arht, and when he starts lightly stroking ertips, I want to melt

"Comfortable?" he asks, his voice a low, sexy

I nod, unable to for ainstthis new intier sliding beneathto kiss aze roving over my face, and I release a shuddery breath

"Nervous?"

He ht if he does "Yes"

"Why?" He trails his finger along les with his touch "You had to know this was going to happen"

"Uainstto tutorany sort of code or rule, are we?" I shake my head and he traces ently against the sore spot et so nervous that you hurt yourself"

"I’ve had the habit since I was a kid," I ad in, he brushes my mouth with his, the kiss so brief I could almost believe it didn’t happen "Shit, Chels Did you feel that?"

"Feel what?" My eyes are still open, staring into his beautiful green, glittering gaze, and then he’s cuppinght beforeeyelashes in my mind just before he whispers, "This," and then his mouth settles on , delicious feeling of his entle, sweet kiss after another, our lips parting with each press and glide, until he slips his tongue inside ers tug, his tongue tangles with mine, and I’ve never, ever had aon the roof of his car, the faint chirping of the crickets in the tall, dry grass, the even fainter whoosh of the cars rushing by, I’ll never forget this ers in ain, the soft whispers and our accelerated breaths

It’s sensory overload

He leans ers slipping beneathmy shoulder I reach out and restheart beneath h me

Owen seems as affected by this kiss as I a

He breaks the kiss first, pressing his forehead toon top ofestion?"

"Yeah …" His expression is pained, and I wonder why

"Let’s go back inside the car, then"

"You want to go hobold, I lean in and press , warht with a hunger I’ve never seen before and then we’re scra down first before he reaches out, his big hands slipping beneath et onto solid ground He goes for the back door on the driver’s side and throws it open, indicating he wantswhen he slides in behind ain before he bringshi on top of him in the most wicked, delicious way

I can feel hi above him, I stare down at his beautiful face, drink him in, touch him however I want Wherever I want I s the soft strands sift through ers, and he closes his eyes, a low,hi betweenhis, our kiss becoainst each other, our bodies rock, and he gripsme in place