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I couldn’t hold back my smile at the look on his face: peak concentration like every time he stepped onto the ice

“It’s not that serious This is supposed to be fun” I ran rown-in beard caressed my hand, and his eyes peeled away the last layers of protection I’d placed around myself

“This is htened Our bodies pressed closer together

My feet slipped in between his, our bodies the perfect puzzle pieces even with our height difference The ha on a loop

“Me too” My lips were a whisper away from his The heat of his breath fanned across my face

One of his hands lifted fro the side of my face He cupped arden under the suht My dress flowed aroundthat mattered

“Liv” My name was an unanswered prayer that I wanted to sate

The gap between us disappeared as his hand slid to the back ofme in closer Our lips collided like two planets that had been circling one another for eons He tasted like spicy citrus, like aritas

My lips parted, and he deepened the kiss His body coveredevery part of htened around his neck This was , with the possibility to be all-crushing

I jerked back out of his hold, panting with my eyes trained on the floor

My entire body shook with the pent-up energy that refused to dissipate

He stepped towarda new dance now

“Sorry” He reached toward me, and I sidestepped his touch

“There’s nothing to be sorry about Soet carried ahen they dance It happens” My atte badly I rushed over to et a rain check on our dinner?

I have a big exa up, and I need to study” I stared at the wall, trying to get ether