Chapter 49

Alexi grazes my nose with his softly, tingling my skin and erupting my senses to a fever pitch, so I almost stop breathing. Poised and waiting for what I now need rather than want. I need him to kiss me so badly I can almost taste it, but he stays still, unmoveable, and I wonder if this is him showing me he will adhere to my boundaries. I said no to kissing, and as much as he wants to, he isn’t going to.

He chooses the most inappropriate times to toe the fucking line.

I get so frustrated I throw caution to the wind and kiss him instead. Push forward and stand on tiptoes to close the last little distance to him. Fast and impulsive with a passion that ignites the second his warm lips touch mine.

Fuck this shit.

I want him to kiss me, and I don’t care if I said no earlier. I’m aching for that bind to him, that much-needed affection within my grasp, and I take it.

Screw logic, fear and plans. Thinking is overrated, anyway. I like getting lost in his kiss an