Chapter 15 Rough Lips

• ARDEN
• I didn’t know what I had been expecting from that moment. It wasn’t the exhilarating ‘fireworks’ I felt during my first kiss with Jaxon. My heart didn’t race faster, nor did fear consume my body. Instead, it felt… safe.
• He didn’t pull away, but he also didn’t kiss me back. I closed my eyes tightly, anxiety swirling within me as I braced for his reaction. My palms rested on the sides of his face, drawing him impossibly closer. The thought that Kieran might recognize who I was loomed ominously in my mind.