Rhea POV
I hadn’t expected the kiss.
The moment his lips crashed into mine, my breath hitched and my entire body stiffened. He wrapped his other hand around my waist, pulling me closer until my chest pressed against the hard planes of his body. His lips moved firmly, insistently, between mine, but my mouth stayed frozen, pressed shut, because I didn’t know what to do.
After a few seconds he paused, pulling back just barely an inch, his stormy eyes boring into mine. “Why aren’t you kissing me back?” he asked.
“I—” I started, but the words tangled in my throat. I didn’t know how to.
“Don’t tell me you don’t know how to,” he muttered in disbelief.
I swallowed hard, heat rising in my face as I stayed quiet, but that only gave me away.
He exhaled in frustration. “Is there anything you kn
