Chloe stood frozen in the library, her breathing uneven and her heart pounding. Starry’s kiss lingered on her lips, a clear reminder of what had just happened. She touched her mouth lightly with trembling fingers, her cheeks flushing.
How could a single kiss leave her feeling like this? Her knees were weak, and her mind spun with thoughts she didn’t want to entertain.
She shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts. No, this wasn’t right. She shouldn’t feel this way about him. He was arrogant, bossy, and impossible to deal with. He didn’t love her; he didn’t even care about her feelings most of the time. And yet, that kiss had ignited something she couldn’t explain, something she hated to admit.
“Snap out of it, Chloe. You have no business with getting weak in the knees like this over
