My heart thumps heavily against my ribs as his words hang in the freezing night air. I was waiting for you.
I shift uncomfortably under the weight of his gaze, pulling my eyes away to stare into the crackling orange embers of the bonfire. The heat on my cheeks has very little to do with the fire and everything to do with the predatory male standing entirely too close to me.
"Silas never got past first base," I mutter, the confession slipping out before I can talk myself out of it.
Ryder’s brow twitches, his dark eyes snapping to mine with a sudden, intense sharpness. "What did you say?"
"I said we only ever kissed," I repeat, lifting my chin, refusing to shrink back. "That's as far as it ever went. I wasn't saving myself for some hypocritical purity standard, and I sure as hell wasn't
