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“We just met yesterday,” she reminded herself as much as him

His gaze held hers “I haven’t forgotten”

Her heart slae so hard that surely he felt the impact of each beat “It’s too soon”

His thumb stroked across her jawline “I know”

But even as the words left his ainst his

Oh, heaven His lips were soft

And electric

It was barely more than a peck before she pulled back, searched his eyes,him

It was deafening her

Had he felt the same pleasure at the touch?

His held fell away fro, but rather than let hiain This time she deepened the kiss and kept her eyes locked with his in the faint glow of the colored lights

Those lights h her mind

His lips ar had ever demanded so much from her

The kiss drew out every nerve ending, reached every cell, refused to let any part of her be passive Everything about him necessitated action

He wasn’t touching her anywhere except her lips, yet every part of her felt him His eyes darkened to depths she wanted to topple into and droithin