Chapter 44

LYDIA’S POV

The kiss didn’t end when I expected it to.

It deepened.

What started as something controlled… something almost careful quickly turned into something else entirely. His hands moved, firm and certain, like he knew exactly where to touch, where to hold, where to keep me from pulling away.

And I didn’t stop him.

My fingers tightened in his shirt as I leaned into him, my breathing grow