Muling hinalikan ni Faye ang nakaawang na labi ni Clyde. Nang hindi ito pumalag, she decided to give butterfly kisses all over his face and ended it with another kiss on his lips. All the while she was holding her breath, wondering kung kailan siya bigla na lang itutulak nito palayo. Hindi na rin siya magtataka kung bigla na lang siyang mahulog mamaya sa kama.
But he didn't.
Malapad ang ngiti niyang lumayo nang bahagya dito para mapagmasdan ang reaction nito. Her kiss obviously affected him. The heat in his eyes tells her so. "That's how you're supposed to wake me up." Nanunuksong sabi niya habang sinuklay ang magulong buhok nito gamit ang kanyang mga daliri. "Not strangle me to death..."
His hodded gaze was immediately replaced by something else. Regret, maybe? "Faye—"
"I know." Sh
