She stood up slowly. Her breath caught as she searched his face. And he wasn’t looking at her like she was just beautiful, he looked at her like she was something he’d been aching for and now finally found.
He didn’t answer with words.
He leaned in. Her lips brushed his and then he deepened the kiss.
Briella's mind suddenly flashes to Hayden but she brushes off the thought.
His hands rested lightly on her waist, like he wasn’t sure he was allowed to hold her but Briella gripped his shirt, pulling him closer, as if telling him he could.
After they parted, they were breathless. But strangely Briella didn’t feel anything
Not the flutter in her stomach. Not the breathlessness that usually followed a kiss that meant something. Jaylen was kind and she liked him, she really did.
Upstairs,
