A Reason to Stay

I pull out of the kiss before he gets a chance to deepen it, and I stand on my feet.

He also straightens to his full height. "Isn't that why you're here? Returning the gift bags is just an excuse, isn't it? Your mom probably asked you to come," he says.

"You're wrong; that's not why I'm here." It's actually the opposite, I say, wiping the corners of my mouth with the back of my hand and heading fo