ZARA: what happened to you?
I stood frozen, words failing me, my heart thudding so hard it felt like it might punch through my chest. Noah was right in front of me real, solid, breathing but my mind refused to believe it. Was this even happening?
Before I could process a single thought, his lips crashed onto mine.
My eyes widened in shock, but the rest of me… melted. Instead of pushing him away like I knew I was supposed to, my body betrayed me. His mouth moved against mine with a kind of hunger I hadn’t felt in months, desperate, angry, relieved, everything at once. Our breaths tangled, shallow and shaky, feeding off each other.
God, I had missed him. Missed him more than I ever wanted to admit. And this kiss was dragging every buried feeling straight to the surface, unraveling me pi
