I smiled softly, tilting my head, then watched in surprise as a tear rolled down the owner's cheek. I froze in a visible breath, wondering why on earth the owner was crying. But she continued, using the back of her index finger to catch three droplets of her tears, bringing them up toward his lips.
The man stared at me in silence, and I nudged his lip gently, silently urging him to open his mouth. Without asking for an explanation, he darted his tongue out and licked the tear away. A shiver sizzled round my body at the contact, my breath hitching in my throat as I knew he could feel whatever was coursing through me.
The man was the first to blink, breaking the intense eye contact between us that felt like he needed air, breathing in loudly as a smile broke across his face. He stood up un
