Chapter 54

• Sophie knew she had to stop him, he had her backed against a wall and was kissing her hard, even though her brain wanted her to push him away, her heart and her body wanted a different thing; she couldn’t stop him because she wanted him, wanted his kiss. She wanted it enough to turn her back on all that could happen if they ended up in bed together again, she was already in trouble whether she kissed him or not; that was what she told herself as she leaned further into the kiss and gave into it with a greedy fervor, her mouth opening hungrily beneath his. Sophie felt light-headed with the way the king was kissing her and barely giving her time to breathe, she was on her tippy-toes trying to match his energy. He must have noticed her struggling because he lifted her into his arms and sat on the couch with her in his arms without breaking their kiss. She held onto him, finally feeling comfortable enough to enjoy the kiss even more; she could hear the small moan of pleasure he made as the kiss deepened. He crushed his lips against herself and a fierce heat began to flood through her body, from breast to belly and beyond. He flipped her around so that she was lying on the couch and his mouth found her again without even pausing, it was as if he couldn’t get enough of her just like she was for him. He only paused for a second for breath before devouring her mouth again, the beeping of his phone broke them apart and he looked like he didn’t want to answer whoever was calling but after a few more rings, he gave in and let her go, she shifted away from him and tried to catch her breath and make sense of what just happened, one minute the princess was in the room and then she was crying and the princess apologized and left; before she knew it, she was having a full make-out session with the king; she couldn’t lie, she forgot who he was when he kissed her. She watched him take his call and knew he was leaving after the call ended. He turned to her and she shyly looked away; how could he look at her with so much desire, she never thought she would see him looking at her like that while he was sober. He finally finished his call and she waited for him to stand up and leave but he just sat there and before she knew it, he closed the distance between them and reached out for her, his hands cradling her face.
• “I have to go,”
• He whispered and she wordlessly nodded. He leaned in and kissed her deeply.