Leo's POV
For a second he didn't move at all.
His whole body went rigid against mine and I felt it immediately. That specific kind of stillness that comes right before someone pulls away.
My stomach dropped. I had miscalculated. I had pushed too far and now he was going to grab me by the collar and remind me exactly whose house I was standing in.
Then something in him broke.
The sound he made was low and rough and I felt it in my chest before I processed it with my ears. His hands found my waist and he slammed me back into the marble counter so fast the air left my lungs in one hard exhale.
My spine hit the cold edge and before I could recover, he was kissing me back, and there was nothing gentle about it. It was the kind of kiss that felt like something being released after being h
