Chapter 83. Don’t You Dare Stop

Each step he took in my direction sent a thousand more butterflies fluttering in my stomach. I was glad I didn’t stop and eat anything because I hadn’t felt this nervous since the first time he and I had met.

He stopped right in front of me, and I tried to remember to breathe as I looked up at him. He placed his hands on either side of my head and lowered his face until we were at eye level.

“What are you doing here, Willow?”

‘Be strong. You can do this.’

I raised my hand, sliding it up his stomach until I heard his sharp intake of breath. I grabbed his tie, pulling him even closer. “I want you. Right here. Right now.”

His eyes bore into mine, hesitating as if he was debating it, and I started to second-guess myself. Maybe he wasn’t ready to let it all go.

‘No. Screw that. I was the one mad at him.’

I narrowed my eyes before yanking on his tie and pressing my lips to his. That snapped him out of whatever was holding him back.

“Fuck.” H