SERENA'S POV
My eyes widened in shock, and my body went stiff as he continued kissing my unresponsive lips.
The audacity of it stunned me, left me momentarily frozen.
Waking from the haze, I pushed hard against his chest with both hands, but he didn’t budge.
Instead, he wrapped his arms around my waist and drew me closer, kissing me with a feverish urgency—like a desperate man who had stumbled upon water in a desert.
Two knocks came sharply against the door. It flung open.
I shoved him away again, harder this time, and thankfully, he seemed to finally come to his senses.
Jillian’s eyes darted from him to me and back again, as if sensing something wasn’t quite right. I busied myself, fussing with the invisible wrinkles on my dress.
“Errm, I’m sorry for interrupting. Your father sai
