𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄

"You should go," she mumbled, all breathless and heated.

I smiled against her lips and pulled back, a low hum escaping my lips. "Go where? Here?" I asked in a low teasing murmur, my lips brushing against her neck, causing her breath to hitch.

"Or here?" I grazed my teeth against her collarbone, eliciting a soft gasp from her lips. I pulled back again, meeting her pretty blue eyes, all dilated and filled with want because of my teasing.

She was so affected by me, just like I was by her. The only difference is she ran from the attraction, while I chased it.

And I would keep chasing it until she gave in because, 𝘨𝘰𝘥, this girl was so worth it.

-

Dakota Foster was a girl dealt a cruel hand from the start. A broken home, an angry father, and a mother who disappeared whenever life became too much-she spent her childhood barely keeping her head above the waters that seemed so adamant on drowning her.

Now, at seventeen, she's become a cynic with a sharp tongue and an unapproachable demeanor that keeps the world at arm's length.

Thinking of herself as unlovable, she's never allowed anyone to close to her heart.

Until Kacey Ward. Stubborn, relentless, with the warmest pair of eyes she'd ever seen. He doesn't scare easily, doesn't run when she pushes, and continues to chase her until the thought of a day without him feels unbearable.

Loving him becomes something similar to breathing-she never really thought about it, but she needed it to live.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏.