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He licked his lips, watching her ht I do want you”

She nibbled her bottoainst the building war for? Kiss me”

Heat flared in his eyes, and she burned all over when he closed the distance and pressed his lips against hers His th too He wrapped his one arhtly until his tongue brushed against hers He held her tight, showing her the ith his gentle mouth, and she didn’t want him to ever stop

But then he did

And when he broke away, she felt breathless and lightheaded “Not bad for our first kiss,” she joked

He wasn’t s He stared at her with an intensity she’d never known “Believe me, Penelope, stick withincredible” Desire siain He kissed her harder this tiers tightened around her ponytail, and when he deepened the kiss, a needy sound escaped her mouth that she’d never heard before

One she wanted to ainst all his hardness, never wanting him to stop

But then he did And when he dreay, his gaze burned hot and possessive “Dairl, you make me want to kiss you every day for the rest of my life”

When Darryl’s fingers gripped her chin, she returned to the now, and she stared into the eyes of a man not a boy “This is where I kissed you, just like this Do you remember?”

So in her heart flickered, when he brought his lips close to hers “I re,” she whispered

Then his lips met hers, and the kiss was different, er She fell into the kiss, feeling like they’d somehow dropped into a time warp They were the same people, but different She was different, and she wasn’t exactly sure how she felt about who she was now, if maybe somehow she’d lost her way these past few years

Once she believed in love, and she knew that all those years ago when her ed her fro and beca serious

But now, in this ood about his kiss

So daood

She didn’t want hi her, but he did He leaned away and smiled softly “Just as I remember it”