CHAPTER 13

TESSIE'S POV

I leaned against the door breathing heavily and closed my eyes tightly. That had just happened. I could try to blame Jace for it but that lie would haunt me for as long as I kept it up. He hadn't forced me to step forward. He had actually given me an out but I hadn't taken it. I didn't want to. How could I while his breath even though it wasn't even two hours since he woke up was so fresh and so arousing? I shivered at the thought and hugged myself closer.

Nothing about how wrong it was had crossed my mind the moment I kissed him and everything I had felt was wrong. How was I supposed to make a sane decision with that? I didn't even want to be right or wrong, I just wanted to feel. Jace was making me feel things. The tingle in my center, the desire to get lost in his touch and how he kissed, to bury my face in his bosom and just stay there forever.

My hand traveled across my chest, brushing lightly over my breasts as my fingers sought the skin of my neck. The thought of