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Her breathing was soft and shallow

Sylvie felt as though she was having an out-of-body experience Maybe that hat she needed to tell herself in that e to reach out to Enzo Her hand cupped his freshly shaved cheek

If she didn’t do this now and quickly, she knew she would lose her courage And though she’d been thinking about this for the longest time, if she didn’t act now, she would never fulfill her wish And the one thing she’d learned in her short life is that you had to grasp the happyand few

This was her happy ht now she felt so many intense emotions, she wasn’t able to put a nah her body

But nothing was going to stop her fro She lifted up on her tiptoes Even though her heels were high, they weren’t enough for Sylvie to come face-to-face with him

And then he was there, directly in front of her And his e—or was it an i, so swift, came over her She was helpless to resist

Not thinking through the consequences of her actions, she leaned forward, closing the distance She pressed her lips to his There was a distinct and swift intake of air on his part

She’d surprised hiin but that didn’t mean she was totally naive She’d seen the way he’d been looking at her tonight when he didn’t think she was paying attention

Her body tre mouth

No Please This can’t end like this

Inside, her heart was starting to crack It had taken every bit of nerve to work up to this moment She knew if she didn’t make the first move, he never would

And just when she thought he wasn’t as into her as she’d thought, he reached out to her His ar her to hi her hands coained fro the soil at the vineyard

His lipspace Her heart beat so fast she thought it was going to pound its way out of her chest She’d been kissed before but nothing like this Those had been inexperienced schoolboys who’d only pretended they knehat they were doing, but Enzo, he knew exactly what he was doing And she wanted him to show her more, much more

Enzo pulled back His breathing was ragged He pressed his forehead to hers “Sylvie, I I—”

“Don’t say it” She kneas going to apologize for kissing her and it would ruin this moment—this very precious moment