The words filled me with a warmth I didn't want to feel, sending butterflies doing cartwheels through my stomach.
"Why?" I found myself asking again.
His finger brushed across my bottom lip.
"Because I already have a beautiful, maddeningly stubborn fiancée, and as much as she drives me insane, I would never betray her like that, never disrespect her." His voice grew raspy. "My loyalty is to her. Always"
Time paused for a moment as I absorbed his words, before kissing him.
I didn't stop to think, I just kissed him.
With him already leaning down, and me rising to my toes, meeting his lips wasn't hard at all.
The moment my lips pressed against his, it felt like a volcanic eruption. Every suppressed feeling, every bit of emotion, poured out all at once… unleashed.
Goosebumps covered m
