Chapter 23

• Zach's POV
• I watched her play my words over in her head before she glanced up at me from underneath her thick lashes, then licked at her plump glistening lips and my heart rate kicked up again as it had done while I had kissed her. I subtly took a step back because I couldn't fucking think. All I wanted to do was to put my fingers on her skin, and connect with her until I could rid of the ache that settled in my chest at the thought that she wasn't mine.
• The kiss messed me up, but in a good way because I had never felt such real passion for anyone before. I had only wanted to tease her when I had leaned in to kiss the corner of her lips, but from that point on it just felt like I had an out-of-body experience where I got to feel something earth-shattering and it had felt so bloody divine that my skin still tingled from it but then she'd looked mad that I kissed her, reminded me of Markus, who I officially hated because he was the barrier standing in my way.