KNOX
I have exactly five seconds to think, to pull myself away from this situation, to untangle myself from her trap; the one I so willingly got into.
But one long look at her, and everything else fades to dust. The voices that scream the million and one consequences of what I am about to do next are louder now. I no longer seem to care.
She scoffs, silent resignation evident in her gaze.
“I knew it. You never mean what you…”
My mouth crashes into hers, swallowing the rest of her words down my throat. Stubborn Ivy melts into my hold immediately. I feel every wall she’s carefully constructed over the last few hours crumble as my fingers trace the skin of her back, up until I reach her neck where goosebumps prick my skin gently.
She tastes like champagne and sin and everything I'v
