Marcel’s POV
Did I take it too far? Definitely.
Would I take it back? Absolutely not.
I knew Aria better than she probably knew herself. If I had shown up at her doorstep, she would have slammed the door in my face without a second thought. But here...here she couldn’t throw me out.
And I have the pleasure of watching her face right now.
Her honey tan skin glowed against the office light. Her curls framed her face in a way that always made me want to sink my hands into them. The dusting of freckles across her nose….all one hundred and fifty of them. Her brown eyes burned with fire. From her eyes I could tell there were things she wanted to say but she was holding back more than she wanted to admit. Her lips, God… those lips.
I leaned in, close enough to taste her, close enough to re
