Chapter 18 : Her Lips On Me

**Leonardo POV

She was tantalizing, but I couldn't trust her.

Not after what she did to me.

But at the same time, I needed more of her.

I wanted to taste her. So I gave her a second chance to change my mind.

With my hand on her slim neck, I could feel her pulse beating rapidly. Her skin was soft and dewy with anxious sweat. She quivered underneath my fingertips like a rabbit under a wolf's paw.

I scanned her face. She wasn't wearing makeup and didn't need to either. She couldn't hide who she really was merely with pens and brushes.

I knew who she was and who she wasn't.

Her sapphire eyes were wide with angst, but she wasn't pulling away from me. Her soft hands ran up my chest.

Did she really think I was going to choke her to death?

Maybe I was being too aggressive, but that's just who I was.

Her arms kept tracing my skin.

I loosened my grip slightly to see what she would do with the extra freedom.

Then, she spoke. "I