-Lara-
I was seated next to my sister at the table. We didn’t really look at one another, but no one seemed to notice the strange tension between us—or maybe they just didn’t feel like mentioning it.
James, on the other hand, was strangely absent. Dinner had already been served, and everyone was eating and chatting. I just sat there, poking at my food, not really hungry. After everything that had happened with James, my heart was still racing, my mind felt foggy, and all I wanted was to sleep it off—like a bad hangover.
But I feared it wouldn’t be that easy. Now that I had tasted what it felt like to be kissed like that, I could only imagine what it would be like to be taken by him. I wouldn’t give in easily, of course, but there was a part of me tempted to find out. I tried my best t
