![]() ![]() ![]() My tongue skimmed her lower lip, tasting her gently while I reminded myself repeatedly that I could not press her to the corner of the booth, that I could not pull her beneath me and unleash every pent-up desire I’d held in check for months. ![]() I forced myself to go slow, inhaling the emotion behind her response as decidedly as I inhaled her sweet breath. That was the turning point, the precise split second when I knew. When I leaned my face to hers, her eyelids fluttered closed, and in that seemingly trivial movement I felt her surrender and acceptance. Her eyes widened and her breath caught as I slid my knuckles across the soft skin of her jaw, curled my fingers and cupped her chin in my hand. And as much as I value our friendship… being friends with you is not what I have in mind.” “I haven’t wanted anyone but you since the night we met. We were more similar than I’d given us credit for, and I trusted in that knowledge and gave them to her. I just wanted to kiss her, but that’s all I’d done the first time, and my intent wasn’t, apparently, as obvious as I’d thought. “How’s this for clear?” I said, tracing her beautiful mouth with my fingers, unable to keep from touching her lips. ![]()
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