There's Only You ✔

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

"That's all I needed to hear." He closed the distance between us and all of the passion that had been building up for years poured into the kiss. It was slow as we took our time to get used to the feeling of our lips molding together.

Then, he started kissing me like I was oxygen and his lungs were running out. Without needing to ask for permission, his tongue invited itself to explore the inside of my mouth.

My heart was hammering my ribcage like a jackhammer when his hand slid down my back and under my top. My body temperature rose when my hands gripped his hair to deepen the kiss. This moment was exactly as I dreamed it would be, if not, better.

My heart just about flatlined when he lifted me off the floor and wrapped my legs around his waist. The butterflies were throwing a rager in my stomach with each kiss and I pressed my lips to prevent moans from escaping my mouth when he threw me on my bed.

His lips briefly left mine only to ask me if it was okay to touch me. To kiss me anywhere else but my lips. I appreciated what he was doing.

He was trying to not trigger a panic attack and I loved him for that, but I just wanted him to shut up so my tongue could explore every corner of his mouth. The noises from the TV downstairs and the loud thud coming from outside became background noise.

Wait...

A thud?

Kayden heard it too. My labored breaths were already hard enough to control after the PG-13 makeout session that we just had. It became harder due to the terror taking over my stomach at the possibility of someone in my backyard.

Kayden got off my bed and checked outside the window. The whole time, I clung to him like baby ducks do their moms. My nails were digging into his skin on his bare arm and I was pretty sure that I was leaving crescent moon-shaped scars.

I was too scared to look down through the window at the risk of facing a robber so I allowed Kayden to do it for me. Since Gray started sending me those suspicious texts and the last time I saw him, every noise I heard at the house would send me into overthinking mode. Even if it was just a neighbor's car door slamming shut after they just got home.

"Huh, that's weird..." Kayden spoke through his own panting. I couldn't see his facial expressions because I turned my head over my shoulder. I was too gutless to even look at the tree that was right outside my window.

However, judging by his tone, he was confused. Probably at the fact that no one was there. That was what made me finally face my backyard to see the moon through the branches.

"No one's there."

In the seconds that followed, I was able to take deep breaths and my grip on his arm loosened. My arms remained around his bicep and I made no move to let go.

I didn't want to. It felt warm. Big. Muscle-y. Glancing up, I noticed Kayden's lips in the shape of a sly smile with his eyes focused on where my arms were. A warmth spread from my neck to my cheeks, but there was no sense in hiding it. The damage had already been done.

I forced myself to hide my hands behind my back and cleared my throat. "That damn... thud," I swallowed a lump. "It ruined our first—"

"—makeout session?"

I scoffed. Yeah, it was more than just a first kiss. It was far more intense. In a good way, of course. His dimple disappeared and the lustful glint that was in his eyes seconds before was gone. "I need to talk to Angela." His eyes were downcast, but his arm snaked around my lower back and pulled me closer.