SERENA'S POV
I felt a strange mix of fear and excitement ripple through me at his words, a nervous flutter deep in my stomach that spread heat to every part of me.
His lips came down on mine again, silencing the doubt, and the only feeling that remained was raw arousal and a rushing excitement that seemed to drown everything else.
He carried me through the open door into the room, never breaking the kiss, his mouth devouring mine with desperate hunger.
His elbow nudged the door closed with a soft thud, shutting us into a world that seemed to pulse only with the sound of our breathing.
Carefully, almost reverently, he lowered me onto the bed as though I were some fragile jewel he feared might shatter beneath his touch.
My back sank into the softness of the sheets, cool against my h
