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When I kissed her, it was hot She was hot… sexy and irresistible And there would never be another feeling that rivaled her body pressed againsta co my hand like she was happy to stay there forever… like she trusted me to let her stay there forever… was a whole new kind of feeling I had never experienced

Ever

My er we stood there, so that it was a shield around us, covering us both Her ic didn’t stand a chance asit to one energy field She never looked atnext to her, save for the easy touch between us Then she let out a soft sigh, alh that I didn’t hear her But I did hear her

I turned to face her, I needed to kno she felt, if she would givedown at her, I couldn’t find words to break the moment And I wasn’t even convinced I wanted to Hell yes I wanted to know if she would givethere could be so between us… at the moment… I didn’t know if I wanted to hear it

Her face tilted toas our gazes met and the as knocked from me in a whoosh of breath She paralyzed me, there in the dark, in the -eyed stare In that moment I knew the rejection would be worth it, the chase, the effort, the ti her would all be worth it

She orth it

"There you two are," Sebastian huffed from behind us The spell was broken and embarrassment muddled with fear flushed her face Amelia immediately dropped my hand and shook hers out like I had burned her

Great

Dah the dark He either couldn’t see that well through the night or he was pretending not to noticecard" not even sure what re him of it would accoain

Dao Titus sees in the house Kiran says they ht be here for a while," Sebastian explained "I don’t want er"

"Alright," Aivingback with Amelia, but none of those plans included Sebastian I started plotting as soon as their bags were loaded and we clis especially serious when Amelia climbed into the backseat and Sebastian sat down next to me

I had no probleood friend at times But I could more than understand his overprotectiveness for his sister and I really hated feeling eenda

Hell, it’s not like I had been Kiran’s biggest fan In fact, it wasn’t until I sa far he illing to go to protect Eden, how easily he would have given up his own life to save her that I even granted the guy the tih And I would never be willing to put Aerous situations to prove s for her to her brother I would protect her fro like what Eden went through Sebastian was going to just have to get over this I had enough of an uphill battle trying to convince Auy, I didn’t have tiht idea Hadn’t Amelia said it? Whoever I chose wouldn’t just be Queen, she would share the burden of living forever withup withforever was a hell of a lot to deal with It wasn’t fair to assume she would want that life even if I did convince her she had feelings for me

Still, e pulled up to the Cartier’s estate in the middle of Paris, after a silent drive froo, so I was surprised by the instinct that flooded my senses and took over my will completely

I pulled up to the drive with the intention of letting the siblings out at the door before I pulled the car around to the back of the house However, as soon as Sebastian stepped out of the car and becas, I slaic and took off onto the streets of Paris like I was running fro

I smirked at the wide-eyed reflection of Ae of adrenaline for what I had planned

"What are you doing?" she gasped, clutching at the seat around her

"I uh, I thought ould… sightsee," I shruggedout my phone to text Sebastian a half-assed explanation so he wouldn’t worry

"Sightsee?" A as ever "I think you just kidnappedwas definitely not a so about this And this was in absolute opposition to the argument I had just worked up on the drive here

But clearly I wasn’t thinking with ht now

Chapter Twenty-One

Ah the busy Paris streets I half expected her to jump out of the vehicle at any of the places I had to stop and wait, paused in standstill traffic even this late at night But she stayed still in her seat Her e, but at least she didn’t try to escape the car

Which stupidly gave me hope