Rafe looked taken aback. “You want me…to kiss you?”
I nodded. “I do.”
“But why?”
“Seeing Sela kind of awoke something in me. Something for you, Rafe.”
He smiled as he slowly walked over to me. Rafe pressed his forehead against mine. “Do you mean it, Celine?”
“Kiss me and find out.”
Rafe pressed his lips against mine powerfully. He was not a bad kisser by a long shot, but it still felt kind of wrong kissing someone who wasn’t Enzo.
However I had finally realized what Rekz meant by timing. If I pretended to fall in love with Rafe, sooner rather than later, that meant I would have some kind of control over everything.
If Rafe trusted me, he would let me see Sela and I could get everyone else out too. It was brilliant and yet so simple and right in front of me. I never could have come
