As he leaned down, Kade removed Arden’s glasses, prompting the other man to close his eyes.
Kade’s lips soon met Arden’s, and it felt even more like a real homecoming.
It was so mysterious. They had already kissed so many times before, yet it kept surprising Arden how right it always felt, telling him that that first stolen kiss wasn’t a fluke.
But what truly surprised him was how he always welcomed it.
Given what he and Kade were doing behind Addie’s back, the old Arden would have felt so guilty, so full of self-hatred that all he would have sought to do was punish himself. Even if he managed to avoid committing self-harm, he would at least have denied himself what he badly wanted, believing that he didn’t deserve to snatch that bit of happiness.
Instead of all that, here he was, k
