The air between them had been thick with tension, but now it was electric, charged with something far more dangerous. The first fat drops of rain splattered against the pavement, warm and heavy, as if the sky itself had been holding its breath, waiting for them to finally give in. Iris’s lips were still swollen from Noah’s kiss, her body humming with the aftershocks of his touch. But the storm wasn’t just coming, it was here.
Noah’s hands were on her again before the thought could fully form, his calloused fingers digging into the soft flesh of her waist as he pulled her against him. The bench groaned beneath them, the wood slick with rain, but neither of them cared.
The world had narrowed to this…his mouth crashing against hers, his tongue sweeping in deep, claiming her with a hunger th
