Valerie
My face felt burned by the blood rising to my cheeks.
I had never kissed anyone before, and I wasn’t sure if I had done it right. Lucas’s lips were soft, and though the kiss was chaste and I didn’t linger there long, I could feel them pull into a smirk.
He did not kiss me back, or initiate a second kiss, and I was grateful for that. I didn’t know what I would have done if this came off as anything but what it was: a grateful response to his offer. He would save Ava. And if he saved Ava, I would kiss him a thousand times more.
A part of me doubted it the moment it had happened. Lucas was never serious. There was a huge possibility it could have all been a game. A way of making fun of me. This entire ordeal could have simply been one of Lucas’s fun charades. But I didn’t think it
