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His groin level withwith the renewed heat between s

Suzanna glances over but rolls her eyes, bored, looking back out the

Michael looks from her to my mom and then down to me

“I’ll see your dare,” he says fir his lip withoutto

The very thoughts in hishis features

I hear ain, h to talk

All thevalley between s as e

Mo us all that the darehas closed, but Michael ignores her Speaking over her and lifting me up to face him

Gripping me by both my elbows

“You’ll befirst class, spending all your ti tone

My head is already nodding, and before anyone can stop hi ain

Desperate to feel hirab all of him that I can while I have the chance

I hear Suzanna swear, and my mom lets out a dry croak of disbelief

It’s a powerful kiss, but lips only

A gentleman’s kiss

Just when I think I’ll faint, or reach for parts of him I shouldn’t, or both He pulls back

His own breath is heavy as I give a shudder

“There,” he says, eyeing Suzanna and then my mom

“I’ll see you inonly to wipe a sing it to his own as he turns and leaves as quickly as he came

The silence returns, but it’s shock we’re in now, not sullen moodiness

“What the fuck just happened?” Suzanna asks, stuttering a few bursts of laughter before going quiet

The man who knohat he wants has spoken, and it kinda looks like Suze’s little dare just blew up in her face

Mo hard, I can tell But eventually, she s my knee when I sit back down

“I did want us to spend soetting the better of her as I feelto life

“You’re not actually going?” Suzanna whines, suddenly sulking

“I’ll walk you up,” Mom says, and I know she just wants to have a ith Michael before leaving me alone with him

Suzanne moves to join us but mom motions for her to stay put “I’ll be back in a minute sweetie,” she says kindly