The word landed like a spark in dry grass. She thought of the time she’d slipped a note into his coat pocket at a party, just his name in her handwriting. She thought of the dream she’d had last week, a dream that left her staring at the ceiling, guilt and heat tangled in her sheets.
“Because I’m a coward. I want the safety of Priya and the fire of you. I can’t have both.” He looked at her, raw and unguarded for the first time. “But I also can’t choose.” Naughty seduction sex with gravure geek sister-...
It was not a gentle kiss. It was the kiss of two people who had been holding their breath for months. It tasted of salt, apology, and wanting. Her hands fisted in his jacket. His found the small of her back. For ten seconds, she forgot Mark’s face, Priya’s smile, the web of lies they were already weaving. The word landed like a spark in dry grass
“Mark’s stuck at the hospital,” Theo said, sliding into the booth across from her. A faint scent of rosin and cedar followed him. “Appendectomy. He asked me to keep you company.” “Because I’m a coward