Chapter 96

She touched her damp forehead to his and deepened the kiss. He wanted to hold her like this forever. When he finally ended the kiss, he rolled her on top of him and she laughed.

“I don’t want this to end,” Monica said, as if she had read his mind.

“I don’t want this to end either,” Tom replied, as he tucked the hair that had fallen over her face behind her ear.

Monica smiled. “So I was thinking, let’s do something…something that says we are moving forward… Like a big commitment to each other.”

He didn’t say anything. Just stared at her. Monica’s face went hot. It hadn’t come out quite as nonchalant as she had planned. God, what an idiot she was. She wanted to pick up her clothes and leave.

True. She had meant what she said. She wanted something solid with him… Wanted to take a big step. It wasn’t like she was asking him for marriage… If that wa