Maxine Martin's POV
"Oh, Lord!"
I can't believe this is happening to me. My heart is racing so fast that I can hardly hear anything else. Sir Enzo might even hear my heartbeat. Our lips are just inches apart, but the effect on me is intense. My body doesn't want to cooperate, and my stomach feels like it's being turned inside out. My eyes remain wide with shock.
Sir Enzo, however, has his eyes closed. But when his lips move, my eyes droop, and I feel drowsy, slowly closing them. I've stopped crying, replaced by intense anxiety rather than sadness from the painful words I heard earlier.
I feel Sir Enzo's warm saliva on my lips due to his gentle kissing. But I couldn't open my mouth. My knees tremble, and my hand on his chest moves to his shoulders, clinging to him. His hands slide from
