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"Don’t worry aboutShe inhales sharply, and suddenly, my touch seems intimate

Her skin is soft and shtly, and e it frorate

"It’s no use" She sounds weirdly cheerful "I’ down a cab and go ho the heel Suddenly, her shoe pulls free She sturab her before we both go tu traffic

We both freeze My arainst asps, her face just inches away, lips parted wordlessly, those blue eyes wide in surprise

Not just blue, I realize now Her eyes are aled with pale lashes I stare at her, thrown for a ht and sweet like wild roses or--

"Honeysuckle," I murmur

She blinks

"You s that I’ve suddenly become a dumb sap, but it’s overridden by the feel of her body, soft and yielding, like she belongs in aze drifts toI want to do

It’sin thepast I don’t even know her; and what I do know tells , but somehow, it’s not even a choice

I’ht I calculate every risk and weigh every consequence, thinking four steps ahead before I ever lestupid, rash decisions, getting sidetracked by roht now, there’s nothing else in the world Nothing but this stranger pressed against ly, her cheeks flushed--and a telltale flash of desire in her eyes

I want her

And for the first time in my life, I don’t need to question why

With a spark of determination, I tilt her head up towardsher mouth in a deep, hot kiss

She doesn’t hesitate In an instant, her ar even closer against ed with the thrill of the unknown Heat surges between us, and just like that, this wildfire of a hter, crushing silk under ainst erly to taste ue deeper into her mouth She tastes of cinna spice Desire pounds inevery moment even as my body demands more