Her eyes were red-rimmed and glassy with tears and her face was so sad that it broke his heart. He couldn’t help the soft kiss that he brushed across her lips.
“Cassie, I think the absolute world of you. You deserve so much better than Nathan. You deserve someone who worships the ground you walk on.”
“Kiss me, Brian,” she said and he couldn’t deny her.
He dropped his lips to hers and languidly slid them across the soft pillows that were her lips. He tasted the salt of her tears and it caused his heart to clench. He wanted to take away all her hurt, all her pain. He wanted to protect her from the ugliness of people like Nathan.
She opened her mouth under his and he slid his tongue inside, tasting her and a soft moan escaped from his throat. Her hands snaked up into his hair and her body
