Somewhere Else

I reach for the knife to finish cutting the vegetables Ryker started on. I smile to myself, thinking of the way we kissed, thinking about how maybe this is a new start for us.

That we won’t be alone anymore. From the way his hands felt on my skin, from the way everything in me screamed this is right, I can’t imagine being apart from him anymore.

And then I hear it, a familiar voice. “Jessa?”