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Chapter 26

Author: Tarina
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Blake

I know she's right, and she makes very valid points about why we should not be kissing.

Which is why I was absolutely completely taken aback when she rose up on tiptoe and kissed me. The way she wound her arms around my shoulders and clung to me, her lips soft and warm against mine, her breath escaping between us and tasting like the minty toothpaste and mouthwash she’d used while she and Azura went through bedtime rituals.

I hadn't expected kissing her to feel so goddamn hot. My whole body responded, and it was all I could do not to pick her up and carry her to bed right then and there.

Now she’s making herself small on the couch as if to avoid me.

I want to talk through things, but I'm not sure exactly what to say. I don't want to make things worse or make her uncomfortable or make her feel silly for raising such valid arguments why we shouldn't and then going against it and doing it anyway.

I understand that sometimes emotion can overpower logic and reasoning. A perfect examp
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