Careful.
Like I'm something precious.
The look in his eyes steals every coherent thought from my brain.
“You're beautiful, you know that?”
My breath leaves me.
No man has ever looked at me the way Kai is looking at me now.
Like I'm exactly what he wants.
Like I'm enough.
More than enough.
His thumb brushes softly along my cheekbone.
And I lean into it before I can stop myself.
The smile he gives me afterward is devastating.
“There she is.”
“Who?”
“The woman who keeps pretending she doesn't know what she does to me.”
My heart stumbles.
“Kai...”
He lowers his forehead to mine.
The intimacy of it nearly undoes me.
No rush.
No pressure.
Just warmth.
And patience.
And wanting.
“Tell me, Firecracker.”
“I invited you in because I, I didn’t want this night to end.”
“And?”
“And because I liked the kiss we shared.”
“And?”
“And… because I want more, Kai. I, I want you.”