Only Ever Me

She froze.

Her mouth opened.

Closed.

Tried again. “Because I… I… no, I—”

But she didn’t get the chance to finish.

Kaelen crossed the final inches between them in a single breath—his presence overwhelming, his voice a husky whisper that slid down her spine like silk and smoke.

“I’ll tell you why,” he murmured, his lips so close she could taste the heat of them. “Because it should only ever be