Asher We didn't talk for the rest of the ride and I was grateful for that. It gave me time to think about the unexplainable pull towards her and my gaze kept drifting to her slightly parted lips. She was so near to me yet so far. The moment we had spent together in the woods felt like a decade-old memory already. Would I ever get to possess her body like that again? Would I actually open my heart to her? Her big blue eyes were looking at me, searching my face. The carriage jolted just once before coming to a stop. I sat there looking at her, observing her cute face and the way her eyes danced from left to right and her breath quickened. I held my breath for a long time, gazing into her wondrous eyes and I might have just leaned forward and kissed her if not for the knock on the

