That night, neither of them could fall asleep right away. They had tried several times, but what happened earlier kept replaying in their minds, making it impossible to find rest.
The unexpected kiss lingered between them, a topic neither had anticipated to dominate their thoughts. Dahlia felt a wave of embarrassment every time she recalled what she had said to Carter. She didn’t even know why those words had suddenly come to her mind, let alone why they slipped out of her mouth. Was it because of the kissing couple they had seen earlier? Maybe. Dahlia was genuinely curious. She found it hard to believe Carter’s claim that they had never kissed before. But why would he lie about something like that?
Was she really that conservative, never even kissing him? Or was it that Carter simply d
