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If he had taken a baseball bat to my temple, it would have hurt less

It took me a while, but I replied, “I know”

My response had hi to his sides, and his breathing steadied “Good Okay Good”

What? Did he expect a fight?

Well, he wouldn’t get one I was done Officially done

Our eyes locked, and we held each other’s gaze a long time before Vik sed and blew out a short breath “C’mon”

And that was that Whatever fantasy I had about Viktor Nikulin would remain just that

Fictional

He walked me back to the car and opened the door for me, but just before I moved to step in, he threw the door shut with a slam Perplexed, I spun to face hi his body to holdarms by either side of my head

My pulse increased as Vik’s eyes pleaded with mine He shook his head “This can’t happen”

I sed hard and nodded in agreement

His breathing turned heavy “It can’t happen”

What was going on here? The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife

My lips pulsed as his hooded gaze landed on them

I didn’t know much, but I knew—in that moment—that Vik was utterly at ith himself And I could’ve sworn he wanted to kiss me

“Vik,” I breathed out, htly

“It can’t, baby” Those whispered words said one thing, but as he dipped his face and hesitated a hairsbreadth away from my mouth, his actions said another

We stayed that way for a while, the intensity of his gaze and the feeling of his waroing to make the first move

Call it a moment’shands rested on Vik’s stomach, and I slowly slid them up his torso until they rested on his shoulders He watched me intently, and when he licked his bottoer I had already waited a lifetime

Perhaps he would regret as about to happen Right noas so caught up in him that I didn’t have the room in me to care

And so, I stood on ently, I tilted le hot kiss to Viktor Nikulin’s full mouth

A week ago, I kissed hiht him by surprise It was a sneak attack, impulsive and childish, in the hallway by my room