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His jaw clamped down as he stared at me with narrowed eyes "I make the call for you, because I know better"

"Oh, that’s lame, Sethie Lame and stupid, and you can take that and shove it up your ass! I knohat I want!" Too caught up in anger and frustration and grief and so s, I couldn’t stop myself "I want you to kiss me I want you to--"

A second passed, and then he was in asp "Don’t push this, Josie Seriously You have no idea what you’re asking for"

Maybe I didn’t Probably didn’t, because I had no experience, but what he did every night by co I met his stare "Then you don’t co off to do God knohile I’ on"

Ahis jaw, and then he dropped his hands "Fine If that’s what you want"

My mouth dropped open, because that was exactly what I didn’t want and it hurt--it burned inside my chest and my throat--how easily he could just be okay with that And it hurt ht it would "Fuck you"

His head tilted to the side as he stared at lared at hilared at e hands were on my cheeks and his mouth on mine

Chapter 24

I HAD absolutely no self-control

Kissing Josie was the last thing I should be doing, but I was so done with fighting what I wanted, fighting what she wanted Had it all been leading to this? Was I fooling ht I ca I wasn’t building so between us?

Yeah, I was a fool

But ht her off-guard, her body stiff, but I was insistent Aswild and electric, and I needed o deeper I needed to taste her