Chapter 26Like a peppermint filled herb garden, his warm minty breath invited her in, luring her deep beyond his lips. He flicked his tongue against her teeth, filling her nerve-endings with desire. He teased and played with her gasping mouth with artful kisses while massaging her shoulders.
“Lani,” he murmured as he moved to her earlobe. “I've never felt like this about anyone,” Pete whispered.
Panting as if she had run around the block, she finally took a deep breath and said, “I know.” Moments earlier she had felt cold, but now heat coursed through her veins, burning circles onto her cheeks. So, this–might be the critical moment she had held back from—during all her tempting, teenage years? This heated entanglement, could be the magic moment, surpassing all those long forgotten make o
