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He gripped the door handle and I was determined to not allow this to feel so daraphy project is going to rock"

Suddenly he turned and aze His eyes arm and sad at the same time "Jess, please don’t thinkI nevermoave him the opportunity to do it hiers reached toward me and his firm hands cupped my face I sucked in air as his lips hovered closer to irl Ever"

He brushed his lips across mine andtoout inI liked doing But also so Iloathe about et the words out as he stared so intently intoyou needed"

I took a deep breath as he went still "Maybe it only scared you because you never felt it before Had the freedom to feel it before"

"Fuck!" he said and then crushed his lips tokiss One that I felt to the very depths of uit one last time

Then he dragged his mouth away, shoved the door open and fled the car

Nate practically sprinted to his apart around and I was left there, reeling and out of breath from that damn kiss

Chapter Twenty-one

Jessie

For the next twenty-four hours, I could still feel him on me The raw stiffness everywhere on ed at my skin I liked that I could sense him and I despised it too, because it was a reain At least not like that But I’d probably take hiers across my swollen lips in an effort to re-experience where his mouth had been I had Nate on top ofto think about when I’d even get the chance to see hilimpses of hioing to avoid me, which I suspected, ould probably be apart for even longer

I took a lengthy shower and then headed to the university darkroom to develop so with, which shots caraphy project in e had darkrooms for our private use, but students had to have authorization to use theot careless and ot to clean up after themselves