My voice thick, I say, “I didn’t plan to declare myself like that. It just came out. I’m sorry it made you uncomfortable. I won’t bring it up again.”
A small furrow forms between her dark brows. She stares at me in silence for a moment, searching my face. “Don’t be sorry,” she murmurs, sliding her hands up my chest. “It was beautiful.” She stands on her toes and kisses me, a soft, sweet kiss that almost manages to break my heart.
I can already feel her slipping through my fingers.
What a f*****g i***t I am.
A bell jingles over the front door. Someone’s come into the shop.
“s**t,” whispers Kimber, panicking. “Someone’s here!”
“Hello?” a man’s voice calls out.
Son of a b***h. It’s Dominic. I’d recognize that bastard’s voice anywhere.
When a growl of anger rumbles through my chest, Ki
